registration. 1  the act of registering. 2  an instance of this. 3  an entry in a register. 4  the group or number registered. 5  an official act of registering one's name in the list of qualified voters. 6  a certificate attesting to the fact that someone or something has been registered: a boat registration.
-K.W. Jeter. The term Steampunk was first coined in 1987 by K. W. Jeter, the author of the novel Morlock Night. He used the term to describe a genre of speculative fiction in which steam, not electricity, drove technological advancements.Since then it has been used to describe an artistic and cultural movement.ules Verne, one of the forefathers of steampunk. 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....
Steampunk is modern technologyâiPads, computers, robotics, air travelâpowered by steam and set in the 1800âs. This is as brief and as compact a description you can give people that have no clue what steampunk is.