Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-62.47.6.95-20130609205603/@comment-22525977-20131019011304

Could be a parallel (possibly steampunk-y?) universe that split off in the Victorian era and developed independently of us, so technology's different and fashions are more Victorianesque, but mental health care is much nicer than in the real Victorian era. Seems more plausible than a "permanent stasis" Victorian world, at any rate.

(If you don't mind my asking, why do you hate the books? Or is it just overexposure?)