Gareth Branwyn is a freelancer writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture, including the first book about the web (Mosaic Quick Tour) and the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Building Robots. He is currently working on a best-of collection of his writing, called Borg Like Me.
Does steampumk draw an aesthetic connection to thomas pynchon’s novel “against the day”, published in 2006?
About a month ago, I made my own Steampunk ray gun prop. I wish I’d used a wooden stock though, this one looks nice. Here’s mine if anyone’s interested (shameless blog plug):
http://thestuffimade.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-made-seampunk-ray-gun.html
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