Much of the best alternate history is steampunk because the Victorian Era was such a turning point in human affairs. Another such pivotal time was World War II. This is the setting of British author China Miéville’s 2016 book The Last Days of New Paris. People classify his work as “the new weird” and they’re […]
Monument to the Age of Steam: The Eiffel Tower Nothing says “Paris” like the Eiffel Tower. France’s most iconic landmark was officially opened on this day in 1889. The tower is named for Gustav Eiffel, the engineer whose firm designed it for the 1889 World’s Fair. At the time many artists and architects hated it, […]
