steampunk

Steampunk is a literary genre which explores science fiction themes from the perspective of the Victorian era and based on technology extrapolated from the science and engineering capabilities of the 18th and 19th centuries. It has its earliest roots in the speculative writing of Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Jules Verne and Arthur Conan Doyle. It emerged as a distinct modern literary movement in the 1980s with the work of writers like James P. Blaylock, Greg Keyes and Neal Stephenson. It has influenced a number of movies, produced magazines, conventions, roleplaying games, comic books and graphic novels and even spawned a significant fashion and design movement.

For a good article with an overview of the movement see The World of Steampunk. A good source for Steampunk fashion info is Outsapop Trashion. There are some amazing examples of steampunk design projects at Steampunk Workshop.

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• Dragoncon 2009

  
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  I reviewed the new cold cast brass "Victorbrass The Primocoggler" mask the other day and, it appears, the artist took my words to heart… Not only did he clarify the description — explaining that Victorbrass is a cog and gear artist whose "mask hides and protects his identity, for if people knew what was ...
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• The Guns of Shadow Valley Kickstarter is LIVE

  
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• Nice Dragoncon Steampunk photos

  
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• R-35 tin toy robot (Modern Toys)

  
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• Happy International Steampunk Day

  
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• Review: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

  
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• Old-Timey Star Wars Portraits by Greg Peltz [Steampunk Art]

  
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• Thretris Steampunk Gameboy LSDJ Demo Part 1

  
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• Steampunk Film Co-Op Timelapse & Auditions

  
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• Warm up with these boleros and shrugs

  
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• Nice Dragoncon Steampunk photos

  
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• Tutorial: OZ-Inspired Tinker’s Goggles

  
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