I'm always happy to acquire extra links for this page - please feel free to e-mail me with possibilities. (Or to tell me if any of these links cease to work - I don't always check such things very frequently.)

General

• The Steampunk Resource attempts a definition and provides more links.
• The US Library of Congress has assembled a quite extraordinary collection of images of late Imperial Russia, which are (quite legitimately) in colour.
• Brass Goggles concerns itself with "the lighter side of Steampunk", and collects some lovely links.
• Despite its nominally game-related nature, the Castle Falkenstein Recommended Reading list is a good "steampunk fan's bibliography", with some links to on-line text sources.

Fantastic Fiction

• The Victoriana Page is an impressively extensive guide to people and places appearing in fantastic and speculative fiction of the Victorian age (and thereabouts).
• I've been pointed at a page called The Emily Chesley Reading Circle, which I'm told is "dedicated to recognizing the long-overlooked Victorian speculative fiction writer, Emily Chesley." I've not looked at this much yet, but I pass the note on for others to do with as they choose.
• And here, I'll also throw in a link to my own short story, The Last Flight of Captain Bale.

Art and Appearances

• The History of Costume, by Braun - Falkenstein fans should see especially
• Page 15 and
• Page 16.
• Victoriana, Resources for Victorian Living provides all sorts of interesting links and references.
• The William Morris Gallery has some nice "arts and crafts" images, including a few tile-worthy wallpaper designs that could be used to give, say, a 'Web page a real period flavour.
• http://www.BigRedHair.com/robots claims to have "the most extensive collection of images and information on Victorian-era robots to be found in the whole World Wide Web". It's all fictional (I think!), but it's beautifully done and quite inspiring.

Science and Technology

• Try The Zeppelin Library.
• Scientific American in the 19th Century.
• The Science Museum, in London, has an interesting 'Web site. There's things like a real (if not very successful) Ornithopter. Good for images, certainly.
• The Musée des Arts et Métiers, in Paris, may also be worth an electronic visit. (It seemingly has to be electronic. Every time I try to go there, it turns out to be shut for refurbishment.)

People and Places

• Emperor Norton was one of the greatest of Victorian eccentrics. (There's also another, slightly shorter page concerning him, with some nicely chosen illustrations.)
• The Incomplete Peerage isn't specifically about the Victorian era, but could be useful to anyone interested in the aristocracy of the time.
• The Alpine Bavaria 'Net Guide is mostly about the modern day, but does have some stuff on Mad King Ludwig's castles (another topic of special Falkensteinian interest).
• World War I qualifies as sort of Late Steampunk, I think. Anyway, this is a good page.
• Elisabeth, the Empress of Austria seems to be the subject of more than one 'Web Page at the moment - for a third example, try Elisabeth '98.
• Talking of that family... There's also a 'Web page for Neuschwanstein Castle.
• Lastly, the Journal of Manly Arts deals with martial arts and combat sports in the 19th century. A useful corrective to the idea that martial arts and refined combat are solely a phenomenon of the Mysterious East.

Games Stuff

• Errata for Castle Falkenstein.
• The publisher's page concerning GURPS Castle Falkenstein (which I co-wrote, I should say).
• Mark Baker's Castle Falkenstein page has lots of good stuff.
• Slightly peripheral, but somewhat Falkenstein-relevant; here's a page on the Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States".
• ...here's one on Edgar Rice Burroughs.
• ...And here's one on Hypothetical Planets that (probably, mostly) never were.
• Anyone looking for Falkenstein-specific stuff should certainly review Michel Ardan's page of Falkenstein Adventures.
• A Forgotten Futures Home Page.
• Tales Of Gargentihr is a perverse sort of fantasy eighteenth century. Kind of.
• Iron Empire is another (free) Victorian-era game.
• Brittannia Game Designs do "Vis Imperium Victoriana", another Victorian-era RPG.
• Asterland is a somewhat steampunk-esque setting.

Images

The remarkable (and untrustworthy) Lola Montez (alias Eliza Gilbert, alias Mrs James), as depicted by the court painter to one of her lovers, Ludwig I of Bavaria, in 1847.

The same lady, caught some four years later by the less romantic (but observant) camera, after being run out of Bavaria.

And here is... A Falkenstein heroine. Well, she reminds me of some of my favourite Dramatic Characters. Original painting ("The Crack Shot") by James Tissot.

The ultimate Steampunk Machine - a Babbage Engine, as built (to Babbage's original plans) by the Science Museum, London.

Actually, this microscope is eighteenth century. I still think it's pure Steampunk, however. Solid silver. As seen in the Science Museum (again).

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