Quite often, we receive queries at the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences that extend beyond our usual fare. While we hardly categorize “My cat is coughing up hairballs that move…” and “My teenage daughter simply won’t listen to her father…” worthy of our attention, one often asked question does give us pause….
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Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner.. It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. Medieval Steampunk: Speculative fiction set during the Middle Ages. Victorian Steampunk: A modern Science Fiction work (post-1930s) that is set in the early parts of the industrial revolution.
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Depending on which resource you reference, be it the Wikipedia entry or Steampunk.com, you will find a variety of answers and interpretations to this creative movement that has been growing in popularity, but also capturing mainstream curiosity.
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Steampunk is modern technology—iPads, computers, robotics, air travel—powered by steam and set in the 1800’s. This is as brief and as compact a description you can give people that have no clue what steampunk is.
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The Culture of Steampunk. This, of course, just scratches the surface as to what steampunk is and the unique art and creativity that can be expressed with this genre. Steampunk culture actually has become so popular that Royal Caribbean is featuring the first annual Steampunk Cruise and Duchess of Nola High Seas Ball on March 16, 2013.
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Steampunk fashion is a subgenre of the steampunk movement in science fiction. It is a mixture of the Victorian era's romantic view of science in literature and elements from the Industrial Revolution in Europe during the 1800s. The fashion is designed with a post-apocalyptic era in mind. Steampunk fashion consists of clothing, hairstyling, jewelry, body modification and make-up.
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Steampunk fashion is a subgenre of the steampunk movement in science fiction. It is a mixture of the Victorian era's romantic view of science in literature and the industrialization in most parts of Europe. The aesthetics of the fashion are designed with a post-apocalyptic era in mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk_Fashion
Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. Medieval Steampunk: Speculative fiction set during the Middle Ages. Victorian Steampunk: A modern Science Fiction work (post-1930s) that is set in the early parts of the industrial revolution. Western Steampunk: Science fiction set in the American Old West.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=steampunk
A Few More Details, if you please…. Steampunk is an inspired movement of creativity and imagination. With a backdrop of either Victorian England or America’s Wild West at hand, modern technologies are re-imagined and realized as elaborate works of art, fashion, and mechanics.
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And we showed off a beautiful steampunk dragon and some stunning steampunk clocks from artist Eric Freitas. You can see an example of his work, as well as the dragon, below. Freitas' Quartz no. 6. Now, though, you may be wondering what exactly steampunk is. And we’re here to introduce you to something that we think is really cool, a little steampunk culture.
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what is steampunk
Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting.