This book comes to me with an interesting back story. When it was just a dream on kickstarter I read about it on a blog, and thought that's interesting then I moved on and thought no more about it. Then I get an email from a band I follow and it turns out they were playing a launch party for a book in a town near me. The book was 'A Steampunk’s Guide to Sex' but I was more interesting in seeing my favorite band so I got my best friend and we went to the party and had a good time and my friend wanted the book. It turned out to only be $10 so I got her a copy even got it signed by one of the authors.
It's a study of human sexuality through the lens of Victorian society. It's a rather small book but it's chock full of info, it's a little skimpy on actual steampunk info, instead it focuses more on sex in the Victorian age. I feel I more than got my monies worth but I also feel that it barely scrapes the surface of most topics. It leaves it up to the reader to go out and study the topic that interest them. Unfortunately it often lack enough base info to get a good start on the search for more info. By far my favorite section was the one on slang. I have to give this book a 10/10
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