Favorite Stumpunk piece that contains neither steam nor punk?This one is mine.
Favorite Stumpunk piece that contains neither steam nor punk?
This one is mine.
Can someone explain to me how Mark Twain influenced steampunk? I don't remember steampunk in Tom Sawyer.
>511 Steamboats? Then there's always Tom Sawyer Abroad....
>511
Steamboats? Then there's always Tom Sawyer Abroad....
No steam, just punk.
What do you mean nor punk ?I don't consider that there is punk in steampunk.
>537 I was thinking along the lines of gloomy dystopian miasma that was dubbed cyperpunk for the futuristic stuff and steampunk for the Victorian stuff.
>537
I was thinking along the lines of gloomy dystopian miasma that was dubbed cyperpunk for the futuristic stuff and steampunk for the Victorian stuff.
>516 I've never really seen that sort of stuff as true, core steampunk. All mark twain is is an example of fiction from that era, that utilised the modern transport of that era. One would hardly say that because Murder on the orient express contained steamtrains it was an influence on the genre. Not enough sci-fi or fantasy too it.Admittedly, specific storied may be influenced by the situations within the novels, they really have nothing to do with the genre other than the time they are set in.
>516
I've never really seen that sort of stuff as true, core steampunk. All mark twain is is an example of fiction from that era, that utilised the modern transport of that era. One would hardly say that because Murder on the orient express contained steamtrains it was an influence on the genre. Not enough sci-fi or fantasy too it.Admittedly, specific storied may be influenced by the situations within the novels, they really have nothing to do with the genre other than the time they are set in.
In my opinion, Steampunk should not contain fantasy, only sci fi element, as it is a subgender of sci fi.
Or more precisely, must contain sci fi but can contain fantasy even thought it's not necessary.
I've always seen Steampunk as more of a Sci-fi genre, with a vaguely lovecraftian-styled undercurrent of fantasy.
>No.602 The above-mentioned A Night In The Lonesome October is an example I guess of the Lovecraftian mythos in a Victorian pastiche. I don't see scifi and fantasy as totally opposing; I was always under the impression that Steampunk was just another subgenre of Alternate History whether it had a fantastic or scientific bent.
>No.602
The above-mentioned A Night In The Lonesome October is an example I guess of the Lovecraftian mythos in a Victorian pastiche.
I don't see scifi and fantasy as totally opposing; I was always under the impression that Steampunk was just another subgenre of Alternate History whether it had a fantastic or scientific bent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Schwabe>>486...Nor fiction and English. Just a fellow from around the era.Anyhoo great thread my boy!
Let's not forget the argument that one culture's technology might be another's magic.
Nor should we forget the argument that one culture's esoteric system of magic might be another inventor's research.Happened all the time chap.
Nor should we forget the argument that one culture's esoteric system of magic might be another inventor's research.
Happened all the time chap.
I haven't read it yet but I just downloaded it! Has anybody else here read it?Book review:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52853.The_Victorian_InternetNot related to the book but still interesting:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Internet
I haven't read it yet but I just downloaded it! Has anybody else here read it?
Book review:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52853.The_Victorian_Internet
Not related to the book but still interesting:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Internet
>No.1454 A little dry in places, but still a good read. :3
>No.1454
A little dry in places, but still a good read. :3
On that note, has anybody read Boneshaker? Does it get better? I can't seem to bring myself to read it, and it taunts me from my shelf.
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