Well, we've passed the 10 o'clock mark here on the East Coast, so it's time for me to say good night! Thanks SO much to all of you for joining us, and to D.L. King and the fabulous authors of Carnal Machines!

For those of you who are now addicted to steampunk (!!), I have a collection of steampunk erotic romance coming out in October called Steamlust.

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Welcome to the Naked Reader Book Club! Tonight's discussion should be a lot of fun with editor D.L. King dropping in to join us!

Carnal Machines: Steampunk Erotica

Edited by D.L. King

For a group from such a tightly-laced age, Victorians spent a lot of time thinking about things carnal-proving, of course, that what is repressed will be even more exciting once the corset is unlaced. In Carnal Machines, D.L. King has curated stories by outstanding contemporary erotica writers who use the enthralling possibilities of the 19th century steam age to tease and titillate in a decadent fusing of technology and romance.


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For those of you who read the book, was this your first experience with steampunk? If so, what did you think of the blend of history and futuristic technology? (Not to mention the steamy sex!) If you're a steampunk lover from way back, how did you feel about adding erotica into the mix of a typically non-erotic genre?

If you haven't read the book-- what's your experience with steampunk? Love it, hate it, never heard of it? No matter where you stand in the world of steampunk, this is certain to be a fun-filled, sexy discussion about one of the most talked about genres in the past few years!

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I was not sure if I would be interested in the whole steampunk genre, since I was fairly unfamiliar with it before I started reading it, but I loved it! Now that I've read it, it reminds me very much of a romance series I like to read from Amanda Quick. I guess I was a fan of steampunk without even realizing it! less