This is a list of film and reading materials that I've put together as representative of the Steampunk Genre. It can also be found on the Brass Goggles Steampunk Forum, and on the Aether Emporium.
I haven't read, or seen, all of these entries, but they do come highly recommended.
Enjoy!
Verne:
From the Earth to the Moon,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/83 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/164 Mysterious Island,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1268 Robur the Conqueror,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3808 Master of the World,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3809 Around the World in 80 Days,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/103London:
The Iron Heel,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1164 The Star Rover,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1162Doyle:
The Lost World,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/139 The Poison Belt and other Stories,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/126 The Sherlock Holmes Canon
The Horror of the Heights (Tales of Terror and Mystery),
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/tales-of-terror-and-mystery.htmlWilde:
The Picture of Dorian Gray,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/174R.S. Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/42Stoker, Bram
Dracula,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/345 The Jewel of Seven Stars,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3781 The Lair of the White Worm,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1188Shelley, Mary
Frankenstein,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/84Kerruish
The Undying Monster,
http://www.horrormasters.com/Text/a2853.pdfKipling, R.
The Man Who Would Be King,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8147 With the Night Mail
Easy as ABC
Wireless
Haggard, H. Rider
King Solomon’s Mines,
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/kingsolomonsmines.html Allan Quatermain,
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/allan-quatermain.html She,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3155Collins, W.
Poe, E.
His complete works,
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/p#a481Moskowitz, Sam
Science Fiction by Gaslight (out of print)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
At the Earth’s Core,
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/at-the-earths-core.html Pellucidar,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/605Mundy, Talbot
King of the Khyber Rifles,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6066 Contemporary:
Baxter, Stephen
Anti-Ice, ISBN-10: 0061054216, ISBN-13: 978-0061054211
Judson, Theodore
Fitzpatrick’s War, ISBN-10: 0756401968
Lansdale, Joseph
Zeppelins West, ISBN-10: 193108100X, ISBN-13: 978-1931081009
Drake, David / Flint, Eric:
The General Series
Turtledove, H., and Dreyfuss, R.
The Two Georges, ISBN-10: 0812544595, ISBN-13: 978-0812544596
Turtledove, H.
Guns for the South, ISBN-10: 0345413660, ISBN-13: 978-0345413666
Stirling, S.M
The Peshawar Lancers, ISBN-10: 0451458737, ISBN-13: 978-0451458735
Forstchen, William
The Lost Regiment Series
Gibson, W. & Sterling
The Difference Engine, ISBN-10: 055329461X, ISBN-13: 978-0553294613
Hambly, Barbara
Those Who Hunt by Night, ISBN-10: 0345361326, ISBN-13: 978-0345361325
Travelling with the Dead, ISBN-10: 0345407407, ISBN-13: 978-0345407405
Moorcock, M.
A Nomad of the Time Stream Series
Snicket, L.
The Series of Unfortunate Events books
Reeve, Philip
Collected Works
Newman, K.
Anno Dracula, ISBN-10: 038072345X, ISBN-13: 978-0380723454
Bloody Red Baron, ISBN-10: 0786702524, ISBN-13: 978-0786702527
Melville, C
Perdido St. Station, ISBN-10: 0345459407, ISBN-13: 978-0345459404
Fraser, G.M.
The Flashman Series
Harrison, H.
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!, ISBN-10: 0812515919, ISBN-13: 978-0812515916
Wooding, C.
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, ISBN-10: 0439598516, ISBN-13: 978-0439598514
Judson, Theodore
Fitzpatrick’s War, ISBN-10: 0756401968
Reaves,
Shadows Over Baker Street, ISBN-10: 0345452739, ISBN-13: 978-0345452733
Mann, George
The Affinity Bridge, ISBN: 978-1905005932
Peters, S.M.,
The Whitechapel Gods, ISBN-13: 978-0451461933
Hunt, Stephen,
The Court of the Air, ISBN-13: 978-0007232178
Non Science-Fiction Period Classics:
Wren, P.C.
Beau Geste,
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600231h.htmlMundy, T.
The “Yasmini” series, et al
Mason
The Four Feathers,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18883Hope
The Prisoner of Zenda,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/95Roark
The Wake of the Red Witch, (not in print, not available as etext.
Non S.P. But Required Reading:
Crichton
The Great Train Robbery, ISBN-10: 0060502304, ISBN-13: 978-0060502300
Carr, Caleb
The Alienist, ISBN-10: 0812976142 , ISBN-13: 978-0812976144
Angel of Darkness, ISBN-10: 0345427637, ISBN-13: 978-0345427632
Dickens, C.
Bleak House,
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1023Non Fiction:
Bettman, Otto
The Good Old Days – They Were Terrible!, ISBN-10: 0394709411, ISBN-13: 978-0394709413
Larson, Eric
Issac’s Storm, ISBN-10: 0375708278, ISBN-13: 978-0375708275
The Devil in the White City, ISBN-10: 0375725601, ISBN-13: 978-0375725609
Thunderstruck, ISBN-10: 1400080673, ISBN-13: 978-1400080670
Tuchman, Barbara
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World before the War, ISBN-10: 0345405013, ISBN-13: 978-0345405012
Lord, W.
A Night to Remember, ISBN-10: 0805077642
Pool, D.
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew, ISBN-10: 0671882368
James, L.
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India, ISBN-10: 0312263821
ISBN-13: 978-0312263829
Standage, T.
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the
Nineteenth Century 's On-line Pioneers, ISBN-10: 0802716040
ISBN-13: 978-0802716040
Botting, D.
Dr Eckener's Dream Machine , ISBN-10: 0805064591, ISBN-13: 978-0805064599
Comics:League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Girl GeniusJe Suis LegionRuse
Five Fists of Science
Gotham by Gaslight
Reference:
Basic Steam Locomotive Maintenance - D.C Buell
Fundamentals of the Steam Locomotive - 1949 Steam Locomotive Inspection - (current 49 CFR 230 gov't regs)
The Steam Locomotive - Ralph P. Johnson, M.E.
Costs of Running Steam Locomotives - 1921
Strength of Materials, Steam Boiler Design - C.B Lindstrom
Simple and Compound Steam Engines (1906)
Steam Engine Design (1983)
Non-condensing high pressure steam engines - S.Roper Ashley
Book of Knots
Manual of Seamanship for Boys and Seamen of the Royal Navy (1904)
Traditions of the Navy - Cedric Windas
The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor - Darcy Lever (1885)
1800 Mechanical Movements and Devices – 1911
The Secrets of Rusty Things - Michael DeMeng
Film:
Period S.P. :
The Lost World (1925),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016039/ King Solomon’s mines (1937),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029081/ Metropolis (1927),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/ Dracula (1931),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/ Frankenstein (1931),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/ Bride of Frankenstein (1935),
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=bride+of+frankenstein Son of Frankenstein,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031951/ The Invisible Man 1933,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024184/ A Trip to the Moon (1902),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000417/Non S.P. But Required Viewing (Period):
The Four Feathers (1939),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031334/ Prisoner of Zenda (1937),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031334/Contemporary S.P.:
Young Frankenstein (1974),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031334/ The Assassination Bureau, ltd. (1969),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064045/ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311429/ The Prestige (2005),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/ The Wild Wild West (1999),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120891/ Steamboy (2004),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348121/ Robot Carnival (1987),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093871/ The Great Race (1965),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/