pre-electricity

It says steam-punk on the book, and in some respects it's like the Gibson/Sterling effort The Difference Engine (pre-electricity punch card computers.)

REVIEW: Perdido Street Station by China Meiville Kevin 2004

In one sense, at least: the festive evenings of fanouss - bearing children singing traditional ditties along the lines of hallu ya hallu, Ramadan kareem ya hallu (i.e., "hallu ya hallu, Ramadan is noble ya hallu") will be plunged back in the darkest nighttime darkness of their origins in pre-electricity (Fatimid) times.

Al-Ahram Weekly Online 2010

When you think back to 1880, when the global temperature record began, you realize the error bars for that period (pre-electricity, etc) have to be huge - yet when it comes to global warming they apparently (and without any proof) are not!

The Strata-Sphere 2009

Saskboy: I saw a BMO banker quoted by Wente spouting the "pre-electricity" lie as well.

Progressive Bloggers 2008

I spent all week in a pre-electricity period piece (i.e. post-hurricane power outage) so I:a) completely forgot about IWADWb) took cold showers when I wasn't just filthyc) wore no dresses--only shorts and t-shirts (also filthy)I'm thinking of just observing this next week since I'm still not back to work.

The Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated - A Dress A Day 2008

But, I have realized, such is a life of balance. talked about my "hard stops" epiphany, I speculated that the reason that pre-electricity generations spoke of a life of peaceful rhythm and natural balance is because, for example, a housewife living in 1890 couldn't do laundry at 10: 00 at night if she didn't get to it during the day; by virtue of having built-in hard stops like sunset and community-centered activities, they were forced to sacrifice a lot of the things they wanted to get done and simply rest.

Conversion Diary 2009