No really, these books are what you get if you answer the question “What if after the Mist came, the surviving humans rebuilt a Steampunk civilization with magic airships and uplifted cats?”
I was gonna say this is now my head canon, but I actually think he’s so obvious about drawing the connections in this book it’s a little beyond head canon.
Anyway, since I feel sure it will come up if I start a conversation about these books on Lemmy, feel free to use the space below ↓ to hate on Jim Butcher for his MenWritingWomen problems… They’re real and they bug me too. They just don’t stop him from telling a fun and engaging story, which this was for me.
How apropos that steampunk is what you get when you slap half-cocked period fashion on highschool theater tier drama and handwave science (ie. physics, economics, politics, ecology, etc.) to cobble together tired tropes for semi-literate self-styled “outcasts”… Basically Twilight for LARPers. 🤷🏼♂️
edit: I see steampunk cringe doesn’t hinder the ability to silently downvote. Cute.
I could make a very similar argument for basically every genre of fiction. The vast majority of authors suck at worldbuilding, but that’s because it’s mostly unneeded for the story.