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Monday, January 31st, 2011 07:11 am
Is it within genre bounds for a "steampunk" story to have its premise about agronomy, genetics, and urban forestry?

And for the era to be AU almost 1920?
Monday, January 31st, 2011 06:47 pm (UTC)
About the science: YES. Steampunk loves glorifying science. About the time period... my first reaction would be NONONO, that's lovecraftian era! Don't do it!

The more mature answer is yes, you can have steampunk '20s, but you're going to have to be really careful in crafting your world to scream steampunk and not, say, call of cthulu.