Entries tagged with “steampunk” from The Library Militant: Caledon Library News
I am in reciept of the following, which will, I believe, be of interest to the Savants, SteamPunks, Techno-Enthusiasts, and Right Good Technical Whizz Bangs of Caledon & Related Realms
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
Mr. Troy McLuhan of Caledon Moors invites you to the Grand Opening of "Lord Rosse's Monster Telescopes" --- his most ambitious science exhibition in SL so far: An animated, audio-narrated, musical flying carpet tour of Lord Rosse's Monster Telescopes, including The Leviathan of Parsonstown --- the largest telescope of the 19th century.
Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Time: 12:00 noon PDT (SL Time)
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Space%20Island/154/25/33
The opening may involve cutting giant ribbons, exploding cakes, an attack by alien monsters or the like. Mr. McLuhan might even be prevailed upon say a few words, as might builders who helped him!
More information on the whole of the undertaking and its impetus may be had at...http://www.troymcconaghy.com/monster-telescopes/
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
One of the main tributary streams that flows into the broad, sweeping
river of Caledon Culture, is the literary genre, visual aesthetic, and
technogeekistologickal sensibility of Steampunk. The Caledon library
has, these last some several months, been diligently researching and
preparing the materials for a collection dedicated to this beloved and
absorbing subject.
Curators Alice Burgess and Turing Weyland have sought out works and references, both authoritative and extraordinary, to inform, enlighten, and delight the serious seeker after knowledge and the debonair dilettante alike. One fruit of their labours, a list of reference links on this topic, is to be seen in the Caledon Library Reading Room, in VictoriaCity, under the Direction of Reference Curator Miss Teofila Matova. Further indications of this immense undertaking may be seen, here, on Mr Weyland's Page-Flake, Chock full o' Steam. Visitors to Caledon may look to see the collection installed on the 4th floor of the Whitehorn Library, in Caledon VictoriaCity, early in the coming year.
In the meantime, we are proud to present the Aetheric Musings upon all things Boiler-Powered, Intricately-Cogged, Brass-Plated, Diverse, and Appealingly Over-Engineered , of Curator Turing Weyland: The Steampunk Lexicon
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
Curators Alice Burgess and Turing Weyland have sought out works and references, both authoritative and extraordinary, to inform, enlighten, and delight the serious seeker after knowledge and the debonair dilettante alike. One fruit of their labours, a list of reference links on this topic, is to be seen in the Caledon Library Reading Room, in VictoriaCity, under the Direction of Reference Curator Miss Teofila Matova. Further indications of this immense undertaking may be seen, here, on Mr Weyland's Page-Flake, Chock full o' Steam. Visitors to Caledon may look to see the collection installed on the 4th floor of the Whitehorn Library, in Caledon VictoriaCity, early in the coming year.
In the meantime, we are proud to present the Aetheric Musings upon all things Boiler-Powered, Intricately-Cogged, Brass-Plated, Diverse, and Appealingly Over-Engineered , of Curator Turing Weyland: The Steampunk Lexicon
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
The Caledon Library serves the Independent State of Caledon. We
maintain a collection of materials for the use of residents and other
interested parties. We also host exhibits, book talks, lectures, and
the occasional donnybrook.
The collecting policies of the Caledon Library have two main foci: the 19th century and Caledon's defining literary genres, Steampunk and Alternate History. Within these areas, we collect, first of all, primary source material: 19th-century novels, nonfiction works, and periodicals, along with materials from earlier eras considered important in the 19th century; and of course defining works in Steampunk and its parent genres. Second, we collect research materials concerning the world of the 19th century and its imagination, and secondary materials useful for studying Caledon's important genres.
This site draws its name from the Chivalric Order of the Duchy of Caledon Primverness. The order was founded by the Duchess of Primverness, who is also the head of The House of Wu, the Library's main source of support. Members of the Order take vows of Literacy, Obstinacy, and Bibliomancy.*
The Independent State of Caledon is located in the virtual world of Second Life.
*For the Order's purposes, Bibliomancy is defined as Divination by jolly well Looking It Up.
Caledon Library Branches and Locations
The Jack and Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library , Caledon Victoria City
Main Library, General Collections, Exhibits
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/59/196/23
The Caledon Library Reading Room in Caledon Victoria City: Reference Collection, Periodicals, Recent Acquisitions
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/76/188/44
The Vannevar Bush Reading Garden, Caledon prime. Inter-Library Loan Catapult, & a book of verses beneath a shady bough
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon/85/85/23
The Marie Curie Memorial Branch Library : Science, Technology, Poetry, and the Precursor Literature of the Steampunk genre
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Mayfair/90/174/23
HG Wells Memorial Branch Library, Caledon Wellsian. "The Art of Going" Real and Imaginary voyages
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/225/236/23
Tinyville Library, Tinyville, Caledon Tanglewood: 19th century Children's literature and Literature of the Fantastic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tanglewood/23/199/23
Caledon Welcome Centre, sponsored by the Caledon Library - Caledon National Materials, Reference Collection, Caledon Groups
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon/188/188/23
Steampunk and Airships Dirigible: Steampunk Reference collection, Proto-Steampunk FIction from the 19th c; Sumie Kawashima Memorial Airship Collection of 19th & early 20th century works on Airships
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/211/131/60
Gerturude Jekyll Library Collection - Works on 19th century Gardening
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/205/130/23
Caledon Library at Oxbridge: Caledon Materials, Oxbridge Materials, Public School Novels.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/196/82/26
Caledon Library, Downtown Victoria City - Exhibits and events
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/160/117/23
The H.P. Blavatsky Memorial Branch Library at Adocentyn Tower, Caledon Wellsian: 19th c Spiritualism and related materials
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/175/18/43
The collecting policies of the Caledon Library have two main foci: the 19th century and Caledon's defining literary genres, Steampunk and Alternate History. Within these areas, we collect, first of all, primary source material: 19th-century novels, nonfiction works, and periodicals, along with materials from earlier eras considered important in the 19th century; and of course defining works in Steampunk and its parent genres. Second, we collect research materials concerning the world of the 19th century and its imagination, and secondary materials useful for studying Caledon's important genres.
This site draws its name from the Chivalric Order of the Duchy of Caledon Primverness. The order was founded by the Duchess of Primverness, who is also the head of The House of Wu, the Library's main source of support. Members of the Order take vows of Literacy, Obstinacy, and Bibliomancy.*
The Independent State of Caledon is located in the virtual world of Second Life.
*For the Order's purposes, Bibliomancy is defined as Divination by jolly well Looking It Up.
Caledon Library Branches and Locations
The Jack and Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library , Caledon Victoria City
Main Library, General Collections, Exhibits
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
The Caledon Library Reading Room in Caledon Victoria City: Reference Collection, Periodicals, Recent Acquisitions
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
The Vannevar Bush Reading Garden, Caledon prime. Inter-Library Loan Catapult, & a book of verses beneath a shady bough
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
The Marie Curie Memorial Branch Library : Science, Technology, Poetry, and the Precursor Literature of the Steampunk genre
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
HG Wells Memorial Branch Library, Caledon Wellsian. "The Art of Going" Real and Imaginary voyages
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Tinyville Library, Tinyville, Caledon Tanglewood: 19th century Children's literature and Literature of the Fantastic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Caledon Welcome Centre, sponsored by the Caledon Library - Caledon National Materials, Reference Collection, Caledon Groups
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Steampunk and Airships Dirigible: Steampunk Reference collection, Proto-Steampunk FIction from the 19th c; Sumie Kawashima Memorial Airship Collection of 19th & early 20th century works on Airships
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Gerturude Jekyll Library Collection - Works on 19th century Gardening
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Caledon Library at Oxbridge: Caledon Materials, Oxbridge Materials, Public School Novels.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/196/82/26
Caledon Library, Downtown Victoria City - Exhibits and events
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
The H.P. Blavatsky Memorial Branch Library at Adocentyn Tower, Caledon Wellsian: 19th c Spiritualism and related materials
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
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