SteamPunk is a genre that came into existence durring the 1980's and early 1990's and has themes from science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, horror and speculative fiction. It involves a setting where steam power is widely used- whether in an alternate history such as Victorian era Britain or Wild West era. SteamPunk often features anachronistic technology, or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. SteamPunk also refers to art, fashion, and designthat are informed by aesthetics of SteamPunk literature. Many Peopl wish the world had more of the Victorian era with Steampunk.
Although many works now considered seminal to the genre were published in the 1960's and 1970's the term steampunk originated in the late 1980's as a tounge in cheek variant of cyberpunk. It seems to have been Influenced by science fiction author K.W Jeter who was trying to find a general term for works by Time Powers. James Blaylock, and himself, all of which took place in a 19th-century setting and limited conventions of such actual Victorian speculative fiction as H.G Wells"The Time Machine". In a letter to science fiction magazine Locus, printed in the April 1987 issue, Jeter wrote: Dear Locus, Enclosed is a copy of my 1979 novel Morlock Night; I'd appreciate your being so good as to route it Faren Miller, as it's a prime piece of evidence in the great debate as to who in "the Powers/Blaylock/Jeter fantasy triumvirate" was writing in the "gonzo-historical manner" first. Though of course, I did find her review in the March Locus to be quite flattering. Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like "steampunks", perhaps... —K.W. Jeter
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This is a SteamPunk Gameboy someone made.
This is a SteamPunk envisioned PC.
And this is a Nerf SteamPunk gun.
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