Travis James Leland's Page

Steampunk has lots of fiction to read. It did start as a literary movement after all, that morphed into a DIY subculture. Dieselpunk, however, rose from numerous sources - films like Sky Captain, The Rocketeer, etc., the swing revival of the 1990s, and a few other things. Yes, I'm generalizing. Let's not start an argument. But one thing I have not seen much of is Dieselpunk fiction.I see a few people here on the forums saying they are beginning to write some DP fiction. I wanna see it, and I…See More

I know that this will sound strange coming from a relative newbie on this site, but I've put some thought into this. As I mentioned in another thread, I understand that the current accepted "traditional" Dieselpunk time frame is the period between the World Wars, and I agree that most of the essence of the scene is derived from that time. Although, I have to admit I often find myself thinking that it should be extended slightly in both directions.This is more of a thought exercise, and not…See More

I somehow, stupidly, just realized that I ran into you in real life a few months back. You were in your best Toy Soldier uniform, outside the Walmart in West Lancaster raising money for charity. My wife, son and I struck up a conversation with you because I had never seen a Toy Soldier in real life. Although I don't post much here, I'm on this site frequently and I never put two and two together.I was looking at some of the photos in the "duds" section and my wife said "Hey, that's the…See More