I’m looking for fantasy/sci-fi books set around 1900 that are filled with Americana. If anybody has played Bioshock: Infinity, that’s exactly the type of thing I’m looking for!
I’m wholly ignorant of video games, so not sure if Bioshock takes place during the turn of the 19th or 20th century. *Way Station* by Clifford Simak (1964) is a neat sci-fi that takes place in southern Wisconsin. Without spoiling too much plot, the story involves an ageless man living in a very rural area and takes place between the 1840s-1940s. While it involves aliens and interstellar travel, it’s more a human story about the virtuousness and ethics we hold. Really good book.
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The author is problematic, he’s a Mormon with definite opinions, but the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card might interest you. Set in an alternate 19th century America, mostly in the Midwest and Appalachia.
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{{The Sharing Knife}} is set in a secondary world loosely based on 19th century America as much as a “typical fantasy” is inspired by Medieval England and France. You have settlers moving into the uncharted (for them) territory, semi-nomadic people with deeper understanding of the land, vast distances, riverboats. The exact dynamic is not colonists vs indigenous people, it’s different but some tropes are there.
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‘Mistborn: The Final Empire’ by Brandon Sanderson is a novel I recommend for its unique magic system and the revolution against a dark lord. Sanderson’s storytelling is both accessible and deeply satisfying, making it a great entry point for new fantasy readers.
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I’m wholly ignorant of video games, so not sure if Bioshock takes place during the turn of the 19th or 20th century. *Way Station* by Clifford Simak (1964) is a neat sci-fi that takes place in southern Wisconsin. Without spoiling too much plot, the story involves an ageless man living in a very rural area and takes place between the 1840s-1940s. While it involves aliens and interstellar travel, it’s more a human story about the virtuousness and ethics we hold. Really good book.
The author is problematic, he’s a Mormon with definite opinions, but the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card might interest you. Set in an alternate 19th century America, mostly in the Midwest and Appalachia.
{{The Sharing Knife}} is set in a secondary world loosely based on 19th century America as much as a “typical fantasy” is inspired by Medieval England and France. You have settlers moving into the uncharted (for them) territory, semi-nomadic people with deeper understanding of the land, vast distances, riverboats. The exact dynamic is not colonists vs indigenous people, it’s different but some tropes are there.
{{Hard Magic, by Corriea}}
‘Mistborn: The Final Empire’ by Brandon Sanderson is a novel I recommend for its unique magic system and the revolution against a dark lord. Sanderson’s storytelling is both accessible and deeply satisfying, making it a great entry point for new fantasy readers.