Steampunk
noun
A type of science fiction that combines technology from the 19th-century steam-powered machinery with elements of fantasy.
He's a huge fan of steampunk, especially the stories set in Victorian England.
Often appears as...
- steampunk literature
- steampunk fashion
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Literary
adjective
Describes something that has characteristics of the steampunk genre, such as visual design or storytelling.
She admires the steampunk aesthetic of the movie, with its mix of industrial machinery and Victorian fashion.
Often appears as...
- steampunk aesthetic
- steampunk style
noun
A type of science fiction that combines technology from the 19th-century steam-powered machinery with elements of fantasy.
He's a huge fan of steampunk, especially the stories set in Victorian England.
Often appears as...
- steampunk literature
- steampunk fashion
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Describes something that has characteristics of the steampunk genre, such as visual design or storytelling.
She admires the steampunk aesthetic of the movie, with its mix of industrial machinery and Victorian fashion.
Often appears as...
- steampunk aesthetic
- steampunk style
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Pro Tip 1/3Genre Blending
Steampunk mixes historical settings with futuristic inventions, creating a unique genre.
The novel features steampunk gadgets like steam-powered airships.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Roots
Steampunk often draws inspiration from Victorian or Edwardian eras, reflecting their culture and style.
The steampunk festival celebrated 19th-century culture with a twist of science fiction.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Elements
Steampunk features distinctive visuals like brass gears, clockwork, and goggles.
Her steampunk outfit was adorned with cogs and pocket watches.
Pro Tip 1/3Genre Blending
Steampunk mixes historical settings with futuristic inventions, creating a unique genre.
The novel features steampunk gadgets like steam-powered airships.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Roots
Steampunk often draws inspiration from Victorian or Edwardian eras, reflecting their culture and style.
The steampunk festival celebrated 19th-century culture with a twist of science fiction.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Elements
Steampunk features distinctive visuals like brass gears, clockwork, and goggles.
Her steampunk outfit was adorned with cogs and pocket watches.
Pro Tip 1/3Genre Blending
Steampunk mixes historical settings with futuristic inventions, creating a unique genre.
The novel features steampunk gadgets like steam-powered airships.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Roots
Steampunk often draws inspiration from Victorian or Edwardian eras, reflecting their culture and style.
The steampunk festival celebrated 19th-century culture with a twist of science fiction.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Elements
Steampunk features distinctive visuals like brass gears, clockwork, and goggles.
Her steampunk outfit was adorned with cogs and pocket watches.
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How to rebuild the world...
we've got on the back and it draws off those producer gasses takes them over the roof of the car down into the engine where they're finally allowed to mix with oxygen and explode usefully to drive the car now sure this might look like some kind of crazy steampunk
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
and England is the land of Shakespeare. More poets. And Ada had seen Charles Babbage's kit all over the floor, and she wasn’t having some steampunk, coal-fired nuts, bolts, bezels, levers, gears, cogs and chains, crank-handled machine writing poetry.
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A brief history of goths...
And today, despite occasional negative media attention and stereotypes, Gothic music and fashion continue as a strong underground phenomenon. They've also branched into sub-genres, such as cybergoth, gothabilly, gothic metal, and even steampunk.
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How to rebuild the world...
we've got on the back and it draws off those producer gasses takes them over the roof of the car down into the engine where they're finally allowed to mix with oxygen and explode usefully to drive the car now sure this might look like some kind of crazy steampunk
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
and England is the land of Shakespeare. More poets. And Ada had seen Charles Babbage's kit all over the floor, and she wasn’t having some steampunk, coal-fired nuts, bolts, bezels, levers, gears, cogs and chains, crank-handled machine writing poetry.
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A brief history of goths...
And today, despite occasional negative media attention and stereotypes, Gothic music and fashion continue as a strong underground phenomenon. They've also branched into sub-genres, such as cybergoth, gothabilly, gothic metal, and even steampunk.
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Quote examples
Elif Batuman
American Author
Tolstoy didn't know about steampunk or cyborgs, but he did know about the nightmarishness of steam power, unruly machines, and the creepy half-human status of the Russian peasant classes. In 'Anna Karenina,' nineteenth-century life itself is a relentless, relentlessly modern machine, flattening those who oppose it.
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M. K. Hobson
American Writer
I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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Ken Liu
American Writer
Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes its inspiration from the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic of the Victorian era, silkpunk draws inspiration from East Asian antiquity.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.
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Kaja Foglio
American Writer
From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
The reason steampunk attracts people is that it is premised on a technology which is visible and pleasing to the naked eye, and whose moving parts are comprehensible on a human scale.
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Lorne Balfe
Scottish Composer
Hans Zimmer and I considered 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows' to be a steampunk genre; our inspiration came from Sherlock's own travels.
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Gail Carriger
American Writer
I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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Peter Molyneux
English Designer
There was a whole sequence of concept art about a 'Fable' set in a kind of steampunk Victoriana age.
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Chris Wooding
British Writer
Steampunk has been hovering around for a long while, and it's never really caught on in a big way.
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Elif Batuman
American Author
Tolstoy didn't know about steampunk or cyborgs, but he did know about the nightmarishness of steam power, unruly machines, and the creepy half-human status of the Russian peasant classes. In 'Anna Karenina,' nineteenth-century life itself is a relentless, relentlessly modern machine, flattening those who oppose it.
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M. K. Hobson
American Writer
I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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Ken Liu
American Writer
Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes its inspiration from the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic of the Victorian era, silkpunk draws inspiration from East Asian antiquity.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.
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Kaja Foglio
American Writer
From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
The reason steampunk attracts people is that it is premised on a technology which is visible and pleasing to the naked eye, and whose moving parts are comprehensible on a human scale.
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Lorne Balfe
Scottish Composer
Hans Zimmer and I considered 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows' to be a steampunk genre; our inspiration came from Sherlock's own travels.
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Gail Carriger
American Writer
I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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Peter Molyneux
English Designer
There was a whole sequence of concept art about a 'Fable' set in a kind of steampunk Victoriana age.
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Chris Wooding
British Writer
Steampunk has been hovering around for a long while, and it's never really caught on in a big way.
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