Tonight we explored the Russian-inflected fantasy world created by Leigh Bardugo, debut author of a new trilogy that is getting a tremendous amount of buzz, starting with the first in the series, SHADOW AND BONE. Thank you for joining us, Leigh. Our attendance jumped by 800% during that hour!
Bonus: We’ve included a link to the first five chapters. Scroll down to find it!
Story summary from Goodreads:
“Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha…and the secrets of her heart.”
Her debut novel, Shadow & Bone, is the first book in the Grisha Trilogy and will be published by Holt Children’s/Macmillan in June 2012. Go to Leigh’s website for more information, or follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
Want to read the first five chapters?
Now, having sufficiently whet your appetite for the chat, you can follow Leigh’s responses to questions about the war-torn world of Ravka by scrolling up from the bottom to get the tweets in chronological order:
armyoftoys #steampunkchat I missed you tonight ‘cuz I was on stage with #28Seeds - but I’m readin’ the history! Great conversation this eve! -8:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Much love to #Steampunkchat and @LiaKeyes. Great questions, interesting people. Highly recommended!! -7:39 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @jhameia @liakeyes Oh come on. That was a happy ending! Relatively speaking. #steampunkchat -7:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LiaKeyes Let’s do @esedia next; I still want to yell at her for breaking my spirit with ALCHEMY OF STONE ;p #steampunkchat-7:29 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson @LiaKeyes As well he should! I hope you’re able to line up some new hosts. #steampunkchat -7:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Reader_Fictions @CorrinaLawson @jhameia I think it’s fine as long as the magic belongs…needs to be part of the society, not like SURPRISE! #steampunkchat -7:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes Now I really am going to call a halt to tonight’s chat. I’d love to do more author interviews. Thanks @LBardugo!#steampunkchat -7:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Thanks again to all who remain! Off to take the direwolf for a walk. #steampunkchat -7:26 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @Siri_Paulson The show must go on! Only today@ScottWesterfeld called the chat “fun and smart”. 
#steampunkchat -7:25 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @Siri_Paulson Thank you, Siri! We’ve had so much fun chatting with you all. I’m confident that a new team will run with it!#steampunkchat -7:24 PM Apr 20th, 2012
CorrinaLawson @Reader_Fictions: @jhameia needed a reason for steam explosion. Magic system worked. I hope. #steampunkchat-7:24 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Reader_Fictions @jhameia @CorrinaLawson As a reader, I’m all for it! #steampunkchat -7:23 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson #steampunkchat Sorry to hear our esteemed hosts are looking to move on! @jhameia @LiaKeyes @mattdelman -7:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Reader_Fictions @esedia Love the title and the cover. The best heroines are willful. #steampunkchat -7:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @jhameia I like that definition (technofantasy) – very liberating. #steampunkchat -7:21 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @CorrinaLawson Good on you! Story should always rule genre. #steampunkchat -7:21 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @CorrinaLawson Remember that steampunk is technofantasy, for all intents and purposes. Never count magic out!#steampunkchat -7:20 PM Apr 20th, 2012
adelinekoh MT @esedia: In general, I would suggest thinking carefully before engaging with cultures other than one’s own#steampunkchat /FAB advice -7:20 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @esedia Wow, beautiful! And @ScottWesterfeld wrote the foreward? Wonderful. Release date? #steampunkchat -7:20 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @liakeyes @delilahsdawson Technically it’s 3 jobs –@docfantastique does count as a job … if non-paying.#splittinghairs #steampunkchat -7:20 PM Apr 20th, 2012
CorrinaLawson @LBardugo You give me faith, btw, having added magic to my own steampunk WIP #steampunkchat -7:19 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @LiaKeyes #steampunkchat Have you seen this one?http://t.co/Z1AUN5Jc -7:19 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @steampunkcom Yep, new team would have complete creative control. No interference unless requested. #steampunkchat -7:19 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @DelilahSDawson If it does sell, my schedule will be very unpredictable. Need steady hand at the tiller #steampunkchat -7:17 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @steampunkcom Well, tbh, scheduling a new time would be on the cards for management change! #steampunkchat -7:17 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @DelilahSDawson @MattDelman has a new baby and two jobs, @Jhameia is going to grad school, and I have a book to sell#steampunkchat -7:17 PM Apr 20th, 2012
steampunkcom @jhameia I would, but Friday nights are almost never good for me. #steampunkchat -7:16 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes @LBardugo Thanks that would be great. We greatly appreciate any press… #steampunkchat -7:16 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @CorrinaLawson It is SOOOOO good. #steampunkchat-7:15 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes RT @LiaKeyes: …were looking for a new team of co-hosts to fly the #SteampunkChat flag… #steampunkchat -7:15 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson @LiaKeyes Wait, whaaaat? But y’all are the LIFEBLOOD. Or, in this case, machine oil. #steampunkchat -7:15 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Also, @jhameia @SteamHolmes let me know about your releases and I’ll see if I can feature them on @pubcrawlblog#steampunkchat -7:15 PM Apr 20th, 2012
CorrinaLawson Who doesn’t? : @LBardugo: But I do enjoy saying Vorkosiganverse. #steampunkchat -7:15 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia So, if anybody’s interested in giving it a whirl, let us know!#steampunkchat -7:15 PM Apr 20th, 2012
CorrinaLawson Jots down title@LBardugo: the biggest influence was a non-fiction book called Natasha’s Dance by Orlando Figes.#steampunkchat -7:14 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes …we’re looking for a new team of co-hosts to fly the#SteampunkChat flag… #steampunkchat -7:14 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia stop making my brain hurt. #steampunkchat-7:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @DelilahSDawson Well, now that you mention it, life has rather grabbed @MattDelman @Jhameia and I by the throats and…#steampunkchat -7:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson Seconded! RT @SteamHolmes: @jhameiaCongratulations on the upcoming book launch #steampunkchat -7:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes @jhameia Congratulations on the upcoming book launch #steampunkchat -7:12 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo ”Vorkosiverse”? #steampunkchat -7:12 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson @LiaKeyes I know I’m generally there anyway, but if you ever needed an author for #steampunkchat… *slightly mad grin* -7:12 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes RT @jhameia: @LiaKeyes Oh my God!! You dont know yet!! http://t.co/k6DrdCCk May 13 is our official launch party! 
#steampunkchat -7:12 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @CorrinaLawson But I do enjoy saying Vorkosiganverse.#steampunkchat -7:11 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LiaKeyes Oh my God!! You don’t know yet!!http://t.co/1hzeDCD9 May 13 is our official launch party! #steampunkchat -7:11 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes @LiaKeyes We are doing a lot of talking about ours this week http://t.co/UsaspFwd Apologies in advance for shouting too.. #steampunkchat -7:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo RT @statweestics: #steampunkchat is getting popular, +800% the last hour : http://t.co/0NJ1bQyU#steampunkchat -7:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @CorrinaLawson not at all. the biggest influence was a non-fiction book called Natasha’s Dance by Orlando Figes.#steampunkchat -7:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @jhameia LOL! When is pub date? Got any links/photos to share? #steampunkchat -7:09 PM Apr 20th, 2012
CorrinaLawson @LBardugo Did Bujold roughly basing her Vorkosiganverse on Russia how any influence on you?#steampunkchat -7:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LiaKeyes Er. I guess I shouldn’t be so shouty about it.#steampunkchat -7:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo If anyone wants to read excerpts or win an ARC, they’re all over the damn place 
#steampunkchat -7:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LiaKeyes OH, YOU MEAN LIKE THE OMNIBUS OF DOCTOR BILL SHAKES AND THE MAGNIFICENT IONIC PENTATETRAMETER???#steampunkchat -7:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @mattdelman thank you!! #Steampunkchat -7:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman Thank you @lbardugo! #steampunkchat -7:07 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes And if anyone else has a new release coming up they’d like to talk about, let me know! #steampunkchat -7:07 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes Oh good gravy, it was my pleasure!#steampunkchat -7:07 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @LBardugo A good reason to side against the winning side.#steampunkchat -7:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @DelilahSDawson thank you!! hope you’ll pick it up #steampunkchat -7:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo I feel you on this so much. #steampunkchat -7:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
CorrinaLawson But not if it’s Lex on the other side @LBardugo:@Jenny_Schwartz If everyone is Superman, the fight gets boring fast. #steampunkchat -7:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes Thank you, @LBardugo, for joining us tonight, and for doing such a magnificent job keeping up with the questions.#steampunkchat -7:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this. And thanks for not pummeling me. #steampunkchat -7:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
statweestics #steampunkchat is getting popular, +800% the last hour : http://t.co/QquqGTNl -7:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo And in so much of the history, the heroes you pull for often end up being the ones to brutalize your people the most.#steampunkchat -7:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes Well, there we go, folks, the curtains close on another chat. Follow @LBardugo for more updates on Shadow and Bone!#steampunkchat -7:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson So my TBR list just got longer. @LBardugo Thanks for the chat! #steampunkchat -7:04 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia Because the brutality overwhelms the beauty. Always. #steampunkchat -7:04 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @SisiTheEmpress You have no idea. She’s hilarious! This is Leigh on her best behavior. *snorts* #steampunkchat -7:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson Thanks for the chat, @LBardugo! I’m hearing great things about your book! #steampunkchat -7:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo Even if you grew up in Hollywood, growing up as a Russian Jew would colour your world in a specific way.#steampunkchat -7:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @ProfRaven How shall I contact you to review Iron House sometime in the future? #steampunkchat -7:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress You are a wit, Ms. Barugo! @LBardugo @esedia No, I grew up in Hollywood. Our chief export is exploitation.#steampunkchat -7:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @RichardEPreston Thank you for coming. Always enjoy the chat more when you’re here. #steampunkchat -7:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell Thanks for the chat! Take care everyone!#steampunkchat -7:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @ProfRaven So do I. It’s not the learning that is the problem; that should be a default state. It’s what comes out of that.#steampunkchat -7:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo How did a Yale graduate end up in Ravka?#steampunkchat -7:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes Thanks to @LBardugo and @LiaKeyes for tonight’s chat #steampunkchat -7:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo That’s not what I meant; how does your ancestry inform your story? You mentioned how it gives a different lens #steampunkchat -7:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LBardugo Great chat thankd Leigh thanks Lia thanks all! #steampunkchat -7:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven RT @LBardugo: @esedia No, I grew up in Hollywood. Our chief export is exploitation. #steampunkchat -7:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven RT @RichardEPreston: @LiaKeyes @lbardugo Hooray for multidimensional antagonists! #steampunkchat -7:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @esedia No, I grew up in Hollywood. Our chief export is exploitation. #steampunkchat -7:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LiaKeyes @lbardugo Hooray for multidimensional antagonists! #steampunkchat -7:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @esedia @jhameia maybe I’m just a horse of a different color, I like learning about different peoples and cultures#SteampunkChat -7:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia y’know, I don’t feel that my ancestry gives me any special right to the story. #steampunkchat -7:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes One minute to go… last questions, please.#steampunkchat -7:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @LBardugo Did you grow up in Russia? #steampunkchat -6:59 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @ProfRaven Oh, I answer questions and educate others, sure. But what people do with that knowledge hurts.#steampunkchat -6:59 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven RT @jhameia: @LBardugo Could you say more about how your ancestry led the making of your book? #steampunkchat -6:59 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LBardugo I spent nearly three weeks in Russia researching a novel and itvwas a fabulous place to explore#steampunkchat -6:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven RT @RichardEPreston: @LiaKeyes @LBardugo looks like i gotta book to buy lol #steampunkchat -6:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo I’m intrigued by the antagonist, who shows signs of being rather conflicted. There’s no black and white there#steampunkchat -6:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jhameia silly masses #SteampunkChat -6:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo Could you say more about how your ancestry led the making of your book? #steampunkchat -6:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @LBardugo very! Would love to see Her someday!#SteampunkChat -6:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @ProfRaven @jhameia No. More frequently it leads to cultural mood boards and exotization. #steampunkchat -6:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @ProfRaven Or their study and research comes from a problematic place that makes things worse. #steampunkchat -6:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jhameia I am, very small minority in my town…I just look at it as an opportunity for enlightenment #SteampunkChat -6:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LiaKeyes @LBardugo looks like i gotta book to buy lol #steampunkchat -6:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes wow, thank you Lia. that means a lot.@RichardEPreston #steampunkchat -6:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @ProfRaven It’s not the most Steampunk of stories, if I’m honest, though the protagonist’s dad is an eccentric inventor. #steampunkchat -6:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @ProfRaven Not that I’ve seen. Often it just leads to people thinking they can do willy-nilly with their impressions.#steampunkchat -6:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Pocketfulcharms RT @LiaKeyes: Here’s the book trailer if anyone’s interested: http://t.co/1pScsz9m #steampunkchat -6:56 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo And I’ll also say that I’m a Russian Jew, and that’s a different lens through which to view Russia’s history and culture.#steampunkchat -6:56 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @RichardEPreston I’m a pretty jaded reader these days, but Shadow and Bone made me sit up and take notice. #steampunkchat-6:56 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jhameia but it would certainly lead to study, research, and understanding of another culture, no? #SteampunkChat -6:56 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @ProfRaven Often, people’s fascination of my own cultures makes me feel like I’m sideshow entertainment. #steampunkchat-6:56 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Again, I hope my book will whet appetites for exploration of the real Russia. #steampunkchat -6:55 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jmarshallca I do do the occasional #steampunk book review #SteampunkChat which reminds me @DelilahSDawson -6:55 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @esedia @ProfRaven @jhameia @delilahsdawson & if you stay silent…that doesn’t help either #steampunkchat cultural pride, awareness -6:54 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @RichardEPreston I’ve had the pleasure of reading it and can confirm that it is an engrossing world and a lot of fun.#steampunkchat -6:54 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @ProfRaven @jhameia @delilahsdawson Genetic legacy is not the cultural one though. #steampunkchat -6:54 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @LBardugo Cartographer is an interesting choice.Does that play into the story somehow? #steampunkchat -6:54 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @ProfRaven I wouldn’t write abt a country whose nuances I know little of, just ‘cos I think a historical leader is kickass.#steampunkchat -6:54 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jhameia nor do I, but still fascinated by it#SteampunkChat -6:54 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @ProfRaven If you’re offering, sure thing. I’d love to get it out there in the world #steampunkchat -6:54 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LiaKeyes Sounds like a great story!#steampunkchat -6:53 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jmarshallca yay? Need any reviewers?#shamelesswheedle #SteampunkChat -6:53 PM Apr 20th, 2012
thomasls Curious about #SteampunkTempest? We started here:http://t.co/eqUDIzlA … this is us in progress: http://t.co/luhUxJUB#steampunkchat -6:53 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes Alina is a cartographer, but not a very good one before she trains to become Grisha. #steampunkchat -6:53 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @ProfRaven I don’t even write about my country of origin with confidence, nor my country of ancestry. #steampunkchat -6:53 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo What was Alina before she got attacked on the Fold? (sorry for previous tweet gone awry) #steampunkchat -6:52 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @esedia @jhameia @delilahsdawson Lots of minefields…esp with colonial history. So scared of cultural appropriation #steampunkchat -6:52 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @esedia @jhameia @delilahsdawson true, but a lot of Americans have a firm hold on their roots & want to explore more…#SteampunkChat -6:52 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LiaKeyes What was Alina before she got attacked on the Fold? #steampunkchat -6:52 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress Ha! HATE that! RT @LBardugo I meant to kill of a key character in Book 2, but I kept him alive. That’s complicating things. #steampunkchat -6:52 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @ProfRaven The title of the book is “Iron House”. Started writing it for Nanowrimo 2010, I’m outlining the rest of it now. #SteampunkChat -6:51 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo Her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, which awakens a dormant talent in A.#steampunkchat -6:51 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @jhameia @delilahsdawson In general, I would suggest thinking carefully before engaging with cultures other than one’s own #steampunkchat -6:51 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson @thomasls AS YOU DO. #steampunkchat -6:51 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jhameia you should write one! #SteampunkChat -6:51 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson .@jhameia It’s Russia-specific because I’m working on a Russia-specific story and want to make sure I’m not duplicating. =) #steampunkchat -6:51 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @LBardugo what made you decide on Russia?#latetotheparty #SteampunkChat -6:50 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @jmarshallca Catherine the Great is a huge formative influence for me. Any SP story featuring her better do good by her.#steampunkchat -6:50 PM Apr 20th, 2012
thomasls @DelilahSDawson On this night off … went to JoAnn to buy 10yds of black burlap to make a massive pair of looming wings. #steampunkchat -6:50 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo Alina is taken to the royal court to be trained as a member of the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.#steampunkchat -6:49 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @ProfRaven power to the people. #Steampunkchat -6:49 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @DelilahSDawson Why would this be a Russia-specific question? I think that question holds wherever you place the story.#steampunkchat -6:49 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @RichardEPreston It’s the reverse George R.R. Martin. But I outline EVERYTHING and end of series remains the same.#steampunkchat -6:49 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jmarshallca title again please? #SteampunkChat -6:48 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @RichardEPreston Well, I meant to kill of a key character in Book 2, but I kept him alive. That’s complicating things.#steampunkchat -6:48 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jmarshallca unsure, but would love to read it#SteampunkChat -6:47 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LBardugo How completely mapped out is yr story&character arcs for the trilogy? Anything left to surprise you as u write? #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @ProfRaven There’s a number of those, yes. The book’s climax takes place in Ireland, so they meet quite a few of them. #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @esedia This particularly comes into play in books 2 and 3 #steampunkchat -6:47 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @LBardugo #theplightofserfseverywhere#SteampunkChat -6:47 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson General question for those using Russia in a steampunk setting: Do you change placenames or keep them static?#steampunkchat -6:47 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca Were there ever any Steampunk stories that have featured Catherine the Great in some way? #steampunkchat -6:46 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson @thomasls I am bringing a painting from Strangeway tomorrow. But y’all had tonight off, didn’t you? What’d you do? #steampunkchat -6:46 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @esedia There’s an incompetent monarchy and a conscripted serf army essentially used as cannon fodder, so that’s in play #steampunkchat -6:46 PM Apr 20th, 2012
MerryBones Hi, everyone! Better late than never. #steampunkchat-6:45 PM Apr 20th, 2012
thomasls @DelilahSDawson GLOMPBACK. Conscious? Maybe not. Here’s hoping I wake up before picking up power tools in the morning. #steampunkchat -6:45 PM Apr 20th, 2012
sunsetandecho Lol RT @LBardugo @esedia I suggested Tsword & Tsorcery but it didn’t catch on, curiously enough #steampunkchat-6:45 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @jmarshallca @siri_paulson Irish fae! #SteampunkChat-6:45 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @LBardugo The name seems to imply subversion + exploration of absolute monarchy/post-imperial narratives.#steampunkchat -6:45 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @DelilahSDawson @esedia‘s HEART OF IRON is set in Russia and is steampunk too, so there’s one more for your reading list!#steampunkchat -6:44 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo That said, there is a certain amount of neo-constructivist, Shepard Fairey fun to be had #steampunkchat -6:44 PM Apr 20th, 2012
ProfRaven @LBardugo @esedia I love seeing other cultures/countries brought into #steampunk #SteampunkChat -6:44 PM Apr 20th, 2012
sunsetandecho @jmarshallca @lbardugo I want to go on record as someone who loves ravka AND the medieval ghetto#steampunkchat -6:44 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @Siri_Paulson Some of the faeries they meet include glaistigs, kelpies, spriggans, blood-sucking muses, and banshees.#steampunkchat -6:44 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @jmarshallca I believe it’s called “prep” #steampunkchat -6:44 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @esedia I suggested Tsword & Tsorcery but it didn’t catch on, curiously enough #steampunkchat -6:43 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @Siri_Paulson @jmarshallca Me too! Diana Wynne Jones! #steampunkchat -6:43 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @esedia Tsarpunk really started out as a joke because the high fantasy peeps were like “guns!” “Russia!” “What the what?”#steampunkchat -6:43 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LBardugo Wow that post-war Napoleonic orphanage is a wonderful setting to start with! #steampunkchat -6:43 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @esedia I’m looking forward to the latest punkpunk story. #steampunkchat -6:42 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson @thomasls Thomas! GLOMP! How are you even conscious? #steampunkchat -6:42 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @thomasls exciting!! #steampunkchat -6:42 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson @jmarshallca Sounds old-fashioned, in a good way! I read a lot of old British children’s fantasy growing up.#steampunkchat -6:42 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson @LiaKeyes Okay, now it’s becoming clearer. I was kind of amazed at how apropos the topic was. How common can Tsarpunk be? #steampunkchat -6:42 PM Apr 20th, 2012
thomasls This is my last free evening before tech week AKA hell week AKA preparing to launch #SteampunkTempest.#steampunkchat -6:41 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @jhameia @lbardugo And why tsarpunk? It seems like -punk neologisms are getting out if control. #steampunkchat -6:41 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes Here’s the book trailer if anyone’s interested:http://t.co/1pScsz9m #steampunkchat -6:41 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @SteamHolmes Ah. Movie would be nice. We’ve had some great conversations, but who knows? #steampunkchat -6:41 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @Siri_Paulson The subgenre is YA fantasy. This brother and sister have to find a group of faeries somewhere in Britain.#steampunkchat -6:41 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @jmarshallca If its a good book people will love it, period-regardless of its period. Period.(went too far w t period stuff) #steampunkchat -6:41 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @DelilahSDawson We’re talking to @LBardugo about her book, Shadow and Bone, which features a Russian-inflected fantasy world #steampunkchat -6:40 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes seriously. I’d read that. @jmarshallca I think you’re safe, thanks to Downton Abbey. LOL #steampunkchat#steampunkchat -6:40 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes @LBardugo Shadow and Bone sounds extremely interesting and the trailer looks great. Any plans for a movie or a book app? #steampunkchat -6:40 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Built schools and hospitals for their serfs, homes for war widows. #steampunkchat -6:39 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo What are some nuances re: Russian culture/hist you decided to tackle usually ignored by the greater N.Am. culture?#steampunkchat -6:39 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Keramzin (the orphanage) was actually based on what some officers did when they returned from the Napoleonic wars–#steampunkchat -6:39 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes Well, Alina’s a mess. She’s a refugee, an orphan raised in the converted country estate of a Duke.#steampunkchat -6:38 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson @jmarshallca That’s interesting…as in pre-WWI? What’s the subgenre? #steampunkchat -6:38 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @jmarshallca I think you’re safe, thanks to Downton Abbey. LOL #steampunkchat -6:37 PM Apr 20th, 2012
DelilahSDawson Whew. Made it. Are we still talking Tsarpunk? Because that’s pretty much where I’ve been all week.#steampunkchat -6:37 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca I’m setting a book in early-20th-century Britain. Hopefully that’s not still in that medieval ghetto most other books are in. #steampunkchat -6:36 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo Tell us about your protagonist, Alina.#steampunkchat -6:36 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LBardugo Lol! Awesome Love triangle description! #steampunkchat -6:36 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo I think I played with those perceptions, but I hope my book will be a gateway drug to real Russian culture and history#steampunkchat -6:36 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson #steampunkchat I mean, more books that push the boundaries like that. Sounds like @LBardugo‘s does! -6:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @SteamHolmes You need to know the rules…… SO YOU CAN BREAK THEM WHERE IT MATTERS MOST. #steampunkchat -6:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @SisiTheEmpress Funny thing is the Victorians had nostalgia for medieval England, and we have nostalgia for 19th century. #steampunkchat -6:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo *spare* the very romantic, the very brutal.#steampunkchat -6:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia that’s just it, Russia has been a huge force in the world, but our notions of it are really spar #steampunkchat -6:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston I think the Ravkan environment sounds fab!#steampunkchat -6:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson #steampunkchat I’m reading Mieville’s THE SCAR…secondary-world fantasy, but post-industrial & magic treated like science. Need more! -6:34 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress Medieval England is so … over. Or, it should be.@LBardugo #steampunkchat -6:33 PM Apr 20th, 2012
VisAdj RT @SteamHolmes: People do like their rules and delineated genres. #steampunkchat -6:33 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Yeah, people also get crazy when you bring guns into the picture. Muskets and sabers, no broadswords. #steampunkchat -6:33 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @sunsetandecho Or how ignorant we are of one of the biggest countries on our planet! #steampunkchat -6:33 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes People do like their rules and delineated genres.#steampunkchat -6:32 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo Earlier you mentioned you chose Russia because we have certain perceptions of it; could you clarify?#steampunkchat -6:32 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @RichardEPreston *raises brow* let’s say I played with the trope of the love triangle. like a cute kitten. with yarn.#steampunkchat -6:32 PM Apr 20th, 2012
sunsetandecho @LBardugo @RichardEPreston I think the confusion between ravka/Russia is a testament to how fresh this world is.#steampunkchat -6:32 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @jhameia @lbardugo Or Ancient Rome … don’t forget that for fantasy. #steampunkchat -6:31 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia good gravy, I hope you’re wrong.#steampunkchat -6:31 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes RT @LBardugo: But for some reason, you pull high fantasy out of Medieval England and everyone goes crazy.#steampunkchat -6:31 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo Doncha know, medieval England is the only place that matters in high fantasy. Anything else “doesn’t sell”#steampunkchat -6:31 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LBardugo Have you introduced a love triangle which seems so integral to YA fiction these days? #steampunkchat-6:30 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo But it’s high fantasy with a scientific bent, which I love. #steampunkchat -6:30 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo But for some reason, you pull high fantasy out of Medieval England and everyone goes crazy. #steampunkchat -6:30 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia Secondary world, similar to ours. No question. Shadow & Bone is high fantasy. #steampunkchat -6:30 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo So into this war-torn country of Ravka, riven by the Shadow Fold, you have a protagonist, Alina. Tell us more.#steampunkchat -6:29 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @sunsetandecho lol. yes. exactly. otherwise, you could just build vacation homes on its scary, scary shores.#steampunkchat -6:29 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo I think the question is, is your setting an alt-hist of our world, or a secondary world similar to ours?#steampunkchat -6:29 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @mattdelman You can get in and you can fly through, but the volcra fly, too. and they can smell human prey from a mile off.#steampunkchat -6:29 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes RT @Siri_Paulson: @LBardugo Trade pressures applied by the appearance of an unholy rift? I LOVE it! #steampunkchat -6:28 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @Siri_Paulson Thanks, Siri #steampunkchat -6:28 PM Apr 20th, 2012
sunsetandecho @LBardugo love that: the fold is a problem of flesh-eating monsters AND market economics. #steampunkchat -6:28 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @LBardugo Is the Fold something that reaches all the way to the sky? Like … is it completely impenetrable?#steampunkchat -6:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Siri_Paulson @LBardugo Trade pressures applied by the appearance of an unholy rift? I LOVE it! #steampunkchat -6:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @RichardEPreston they aren’t Russians, they’re Ravkans. and the time period would place the world closer to early 1800s.#Steampunkchat -6:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell OH my….what? *stops eating dinner* lol @LBardugo@LiaKeyes #steampunkchat -6:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @esedia LOL! Hurray for randomness. My life is an exercise in randomness—its follies and happy surprises #steampunkchat -6:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @esedia That would be why. I’m just a lowly Humanities student; the order of science appeals, tho ungrokable.#steampunkchat -6:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston @LBardugo Are your Russians Victorian age Tsar-ruled peoples or a mostly fantastic construction? #steampunkchat-6:27 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo They’ve failed to industrialize and all their armaments and ammunition need to be imported across the Fold. #steampunkchat-6:26 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @jhameia I do. This is why I appreciate randomness so much. #steampunkchat -6:26 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo But maybe more importantly, it’s cut them off from their ports and harbors. #steampunkchat -6:25 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @BoArthur I LIKE that analogy!! #steampunkchat -6:25 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes lol. well, it’s a swath of near-impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh.#steampunkchat -6:25 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @BoArthur Love it! steampunk poet#steampunkchat -6:25 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @BoArthur What a beautiful way of putting it.#Steampunkchat -6:24 PM Apr 20th, 2012
BoArthur Kites won’t fly without strings to hold them against the flow if wind, same for a good story. Rules are everything.#steampunkchat -6:24 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @esedia Don’t you work in the sciences…? #steampunkchat-6:24 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jmarshallca well, this isn’t alternate history and Ravka isn’t Russia. but influence was Russia of the early 1800s.#steampunkchat -6:24 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo Why is the Shadow Fold a problem for Ravka?#steampunkchat -6:23 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @esedia @jhameia like the unintended consequences in fairytales Agreed! #steampunkchat -6:23 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @Jenny_Schwartz In THE RIVAN CODEX he writes about “Realistic Fantasy”, blending the fantastic with the real.#steampunkchat -6:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes Hundreds of years before, Ravka was split by the Shadow Fold, a creation of the Black Heretic. #steampunkchat -6:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @jhameia @jenny_schwartz #steampunkchat I’m pretty sure you’re thinking of science Magic can be unpredictable which holds some appeal. -6:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @jhameia that’s the quote! thank you #steampunkchat -6:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @LBardugo What sort of things were going on in Russia at the time that provides a historical backdrop to the conflict?#steampunkchat -6:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @Jenny_Schwartz Exactly. If everyone is Superman, the fight gets boring fast. #steampunkchat -6:22 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @Jenny_Schwartz ”any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” – Arthur C. Clarke #steampunkchat-6:21 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman RT @LBardugo: @mattdelman oh hell yeah. the impossible needs rules to feel possible. #steampunkchat -6:21 PM Apr 20th, 2012
sunsetandecho A great claim: RT @LBardugo @mattdelman oh hell yeah. the impossible needs rules to feel possible. #steampunkchat-6:21 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @jhameia It’s years since I read Eddings…but agree! & “rules” of magic add inherent potential for conflict#steampunkchat -6:21 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @Jenny_Schwartz Magic systems NEED to have their own rules and a consistent internal logic. #steampunkchat -6:20 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @SisiTheEmpress let’s just say that if you start making matter, it has to come from somewhere. #steampunkchat -6:19 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @Jenny_Schwartz A well-thought out magical system has been part of epic fantasy for a long time; Eddingses started it#steampunkchat -6:19 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell RT @LBardugo: @mattdelman oh hell yeah. the impossible needs rules to feel possible. #steampunkchat -6:19 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz RT @LBardugo: @mattdelman oh hell yeah. the impossible needs rules to feel possible. #steampunkchat -6:18 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo What is the war about? #steampunkchat -6:18 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @mattdelman oh hell yeah. the impossible needs rules to feel possible. #steampunkchat -6:18 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress Is there a sort of swerve on Thermodynamic Law?@LBardugo there’s a second kind of magic in the world called “merzost.” #steampunkchat -6:18 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo And Ravka is essentially a garrison state. But as the trilogy progresses, they become more important to the war efforts#steampunkchat -6:18 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes Ah, the Fabrikators! They’re my favorite. They’re considered the lowest Order because they aren’t warriors.#steampunkchat -6:17 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @Jenny_Schwartz @lbardugo Everything, even magic, needs its own governing logic in fiction. #steampunkchat -6:17 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Creation of matter, animation of the inorganic. It’s considered abomination. DIRE WARNINGS! #steampunkchat -6:17 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @mattdelman @LBardugo Do you think that’s a defining feature of stmpunk? tech has to have its own internal, consistent logic #steampunkchat -6:16 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo I will say that there’s a second kind of magic in the world called “merzost.” it looks more like what we think of as magic.#steampunkchat -6:16 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes I think your Fabrikators will be of interest to steampunks. Can you tell us about them? #steampunkchat -6:16 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @Jenny_Schwartz was very Arthur Clarke inspired#steampunkchat -6:16 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @LBardugo Very nice way to introduce logic into the system. I like. #steampunkchat -6:15 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo What perspectives on Russia did you decide to tackle? #steampunkchat -6:14 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Similarly “Grisha steel” isn’t magical, it’s a blade honed at the molecular level #steampunkchat -6:14 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Jenny_Schwartz @jhameia @LBardugo I like the idea that magic is science we can’t yet explain #steampunkchat -6:14 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Think of it this way: An etherealnik can summon methane or hydrogen but he/she can’t just create flame. A spark is needed.#steampunkchat -6:14 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo Something about magic and science being indistinguishable anyway. Could you give us an example?#steampunkchat -6:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @jhameia I didn’t say you were … but you were the only one to say it. #steampunkchat -6:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @LiaKeyes Yes, there are 3 Orders but all of them manipulate matter at its most fundamental levels. #Steampunkchat-6:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jmarshallca @LBardugo How does the magic in your world work? Who’s allowed to use it? What does it do? Why is it there?#steampunkchat -6:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress Small Science! Love. @LBardugo @jhameia The magic in my book is based on molecular chemistry.#steampunkchat -6:13 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @mattdelman she did indeed @jhameia#Steampunkchat -6:12 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo I love that. How do they work with it? There are different classes within your magical Grisha Order, aren’t there?#steampunkchat -6:12 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @mattdelman Come on, I couldn’t have been the only one to think of that. #steampunkchat -6:12 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia The magic in my book is based on molecular chemistry. It’s never called magic but the “Small Science”#steampunkchat -6:11 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @jhameia Oh geez, you really went there didn’t you?@lbardugo #steampunkchat -6:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell @jhameia haha! #steampunkchat -6:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @SteamHolmes I wanted to take readers someplace a bit different, and we have very particular perceptions of Russia.#steampunkchat -6:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress @mattdelman Fantastic! Great to meet you as well.#steampunkchat -6:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo ”I cast… MAGIC MISSILE!” Uh, I mean, what system of magic did you go with in your story? #steampunkchat -6:10 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo The central conflict has much to do with the Shadow Fold. Can you tell us a bit about that? #steampunkchat -6:09 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @LBardugo Which one do you think would win? The gun or the magic? #steampunkchat -6:09 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell RT @LBardugo: I was always interested in the question of what happens when you bring a gun to a magic fight.#steampunkchat -6:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress @indigozell Why thank you indigozell#steampunkchat -6:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo I was always interested in the question of what happens when you bring a gun to a magic fight. #steampunkchat -6:08 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia Mostly, the advent of modern warfare, particularly the repeating rifle #steampunkchat -6:07 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes @LBardugo What inspired you to write with a somewhat Russian setting? #steampunkchat -6:07 PM Apr 20th, 2012
john_zeleznik @LBardugo I feel that way when I got my agent!#steampunkchat -6:07 PM Apr 20th, 2012
artificer13 @mattdelman and good evening to you! #steampunkchat-6:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell @SisiTheEmpress awesome blog btw! #steampunkchat-6:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo What is the central conflict of Shadow and Bone? #steampunkchat -6:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @LBardugo What definition of “modernizing” did you use for this novel? What entails modernization? #steampunkchat -6:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes Welcome to late-comers, we’re talking about Shadow and Bone (The Grisha, #1) by Leigh Bardugo - http://t.co/M9v0DSwZ#steampunkchat -6:06 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @SteamHolmes I was just checking out your site. Looks amazing. #steampunkchat -6:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia For everyone just joining us, we are chatting with@LBardugo about SHADOW AND BONE, set in a Russia-inspired SP world. #steampunkchat -6:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @SisiTheEmpress Hello Your Imperial Majesty … how are you this evening? #steampunkchat -6:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @artificer13 Hello good sir. #steampunkchat -6:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SteamHolmes Hello, I’m looking forward to hearing more about Shadow & Bone #steampunkchat -6:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @john_zeleznik Thank you so much. Thrilled, honored, terrified. #steampunkchat -6:05 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @SisiTheEmpress Hello! A new name! Welcome!#steampunkchat -6:04 PM Apr 20th, 2012
artificer13 Hi-Ho all! #steampunkchat -6:04 PM Apr 20th, 2012
john_zeleznik @LBardugo Congrats! #steampunkchat -6:04 PM Apr 20th, 2012
UnrealBosch Enjoy your #steampunkchat guys! Enjoy writing for tomorrow’s winners! -6:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
SisiTheEmpress Hello there! #SteamPunkChat -6:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
john_zeleznik Lurking guys, what’s up. #steampunkchat -6:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell *curtsy* Good evening everyone #steampunkchat -6:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia @esedia Tea? At 9pm? #steampunkchat Come on, I’m working on my paper right now! -6:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo @jhameia Thank you!! #Steampunkchat -6:03 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia Congratulations, @LBardugo, on the publication#steampunkchat -6:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo Can you tell us what your book is about?#steampunkchat -6:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
esedia @jhameia Thanks, Jaymee. Having tea, in and out of twitter#steampunkchat -6:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo (Dreamy boys, natch.) #steampunkchat -6:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo Once-great nation left behind by a modernizing world, all hope rests on one scrawny refugee. Serfs. Saints. Samovars.#steampunkchat -6:02 PM Apr 20th, 2012
RichardEPreston Hi all! #steampunkchat -6:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @LBardugo - Welcome to the chat! Want to lead us into the Ravkan world of Shadow and Bone! #steampunkchat -6:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LBardugo I’m here and ready to take my medicine. #steampunkchat-6:01 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes Is @LBardugo in the house? #steampunkchat -6:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
jhameia Oi, @esedia, joining us tonight? Would be happy to see you tonight in #steampunkchat -6:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman And here we go, folks! @liakeyes, I trust you’d like to start us off? #steampunkchat -6:00 PM Apr 20th, 2012
indigozell RT @mattdelman: Three minutes to go until chat time … are you ready? #steampunkchat -5:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Julia_Brannon RT @mattdelman: Three minutes to go until chat time … are you ready? #steampunkchat -5:58 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman Three minutes to go until chat time … are you ready?#steampunkchat -5:57 PM Apr 20th, 2012
mattdelman @LiaKeyes Happy that my schedule this week allows it. #steampunkchat -5:53 PM Apr 20th, 2012
LiaKeyes @indigozell Just ten minutes until we chat to Shadow and Bone (The Grisha, #1) author @LBardugo - http://t.co/M9v0DSwZ#steampunkchat -5:51 PM Apr 20th, 2012
Keith Thompson‘s map of Ravka.
