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A subgenre of cyberpunk science fiction with dystopian, noir themes usually in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. These stories hearken back to the early science fiction of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. This is not to say that all victorian writing is steampunk in any way. It is safer to say that steampunk often contains mechanics and engines and steam, rather than computer chips and nanotech. |
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A subgenre of cyberpunk science fiction with dystopian, noir themes usually in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. These stories hearken back to the early science fiction of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. This is not to say that all victorian writing is steampunk in any way. Compared to the computer, robotic, and nanotech focus of cyberpunk fiction, steampunk fiction focuses more intently on thermo mechanics, especially steam engine technology. See also Alternate history. |
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The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo |
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[The Steampunk Trilogy]? by [Paul Di Filippo]? |
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Steampunk (comic book series) by Joe Kelly and Chris Bachalo |
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Steampunk (comic book series) by [Joe Kelly]? and [Chris Bachalo]? |
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The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling -- the designs of Charles Babbage lead to the wide usage of mechanical computers in Victorian England. (See difference engine) |
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[The Difference Engine]? by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling -- the designs of Charles Babbage lead to the wide usage of mechanical computers in [Victorian England]?. (See difference engine) |
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1898 by Alan Moore |
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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1898 by Alan Moore |
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The Grand Ellipse by Paula Volsky |
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The Grand Ellipse by [Paula Volsky]? |
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Pasquale's Angel By Paul McAuley? |
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Pasquale's Angel By Paul McAuley |
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Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick |
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Jack Faust by [Michael Swanwick]? |
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Perdido Street Station by China Mieville |
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Perdido Street Station by [China Mieville]? |
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Age of Unreason Trilogy by Gregory Keyes |
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Age of Unreason Trilogy by [Gregory Keyes]? |
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Castle Falkenstein : high adventure in the steam age by Mike Pondsmith |
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Castle Falkenstein : high adventure in the steam age by [Mike Pondsmith]? |
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Infernal Devices - K.W. Jeter |
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Infernal Devices - [K.W. Jeter]? |
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The Sundowners Series by James Swallow |
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The Sundowners Series by [James Swallow]? |
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Homunculus by James Blaylock |
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Homunculus by James Blaylock |
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L'équilibre des paradoxes by Michel Pagel |
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L'équilibre des paradoxes by [Michel Pagel]? |
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Lord Kelvin's Machine by James Blaylock |
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Lord Kelvin's Machine by James Blaylock |
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Queen Victoria's Bomb by Ronald Clark -- in the mid 19th century; a physicist gets the idea of isotopic separation after seeing pebbles graded by size on a pebble beach, and makes |
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Queen Victoria's Bomb by [Ronald Clark]? -- in the mid 19th century; a physicist gets the idea of isotopic separation after seeing pebbles graded by size on a pebble beach, and makes |
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The Ablest Man in the World by Edward Page Mitchell |
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The Ablest Man in the World by [Edward Page Mitchell]? |
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