David Conwill
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MissHuff said:The only bad part being that my need to read list has almost doubled.
I think Michael Moorcock's collection A Nomad of the Timestreams is pretty much the genesis of the genre. A darned good read, to boot. The stories take kind of a dim view of Americans, however.
I dabble in writing "dieselpunk" (I can't stand the "-punk" suffix either) stuff, but I have difficulty ever finishing anything. I think I know too much about actual history and have trouble setting that aside and being completely free.
Perhaps this strays too far from the subject, but anyone who likes alternate 20th Century history would probably enjoy Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 stories. They're not truly dieselpunk because all the technology is appropriate to the era (albeit named slightly different) but they're still good reading.
-Dave