"Hey, let's burn books to make people read them!" . . . well I get the logic behind it, but . . .

The geeky NZ mention reminded me- have you see Perfect Creature? It seems like your kind of thing. I mean, I don't know if you're into vampires or not, but it's set in steampunk!New Zealand, where vampires are basically the intellectual class. It's horror/sci-fi with a bit of romance sprinkled on. It went direct-to-video in North America *grumble*, so you'll have to rent/buy it, but it's extremely worth it.