Had another period-sf dream – This one was an Edwardian lost-civilization adventure. It wasn’t really steampunk, since most of the devices in it were human-powered (one involved a dance floor that functioned as a sort of giant treadmill); which might seem to be going backwards, but thematically the story (in the dream I was simultaneously reading, watching and critiquing) seemed to be about human potential – the hero looked like a jock, but was a Doc Savage type who was all about pairing mental and physical development. Unfortunately he was just as annoying as I’ve made him sound; it didn’t help that the only female character made Weena from The time Machine look like Marie Curie.