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• The history and interpretation of Steampunk varies.
• There are as many definitions as there are Steampunkers.
• This is my interpretation.
• YMMV.
First, there was Science
Fiction/Fantasy
• And, from there in the early 80s, evolved
Cyberpunk.
• Dystopian SF; a genre noir. Highly focused
on cybernetic futures, high tech and failing
societies.
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The Cyberpunk genre expanded
Writers created cyberpunk-type worlds but without
cybernetics; some were set in Victorian England and
copied conventions of Victorian Literature.
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And suddenly a new genre is born…
Dear Locus,
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 'steam-punks', perhaps.
—K.W. Jeter
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Published April, 1987
Steampunk
Literary
Novels
Short Stories
Comics
Graphic
Novels
Multimedia
Movies
Anime
Games
Immersion
Music
Cons
Cosplay
DIY and
Maker
Performance
Art
Crafts & DIY
• DIY and Maker
• Aside from cosplay, most other
subcultures do not have such a
strong emphasis on DIY
• Not do they have such a strong
emphasis on sharing
Music
• Abney Park
• Charles von Vitic
• The Clockwork Dolls
• The Clockwork Quartet
• The Cog is Dead
• Corset
• Darcy James Argue'sSecret Society
• Doctor Steel
• The Extraordinary Contraptions
• H U M A N W I N E
• Insomniac Folklore
• Jon Magnificent
• Jill Tracy
• Les Claypool
• The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing
• Poplock Holmes
• Professor Elemental
• Psyche Corporation
• Rasputina
• Steam Powered Giraffe
• Sunday Driver
• Thomas Truax
• UnextraordinaryGentlemen
• Unwoman
• Vernian Process
• Veronique Chevalier
• Voltaire
Performance Art
• Rocky Horror
• Steampunk
• Airship Isabella
• Carnival Epsilon
• League of STEAM
• Penny Dreadful Productions
And promptly spilt into multiple
Sub-genres itself
• High Vic
• Low Vic
• Airship
• Dieselpunk
• Far East
• Clockpunk/Watchpunk
• Wild West (cattlepunk)…
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Steampunk
Genre
Family Tree
Cyberpunk
Postcyberpu
nkCyberprep
Retrofuturist
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Steampun
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Teslapunk
Dieselpunk
Decopunk
Atompunk
Futuristic
Biopunk
Nanopunk
Other
Stonepunk
Clockpunk
Splatterpunk
Elfpunk
Mythpunk
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Steampunk Genre Family Tree
Postcyberpunk
• New authors, grew up with
cyberpunk, take it to the
next generation. Typically
not dystopian.
• Neal Stephenson's The
Diamond Age
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand
Alone Complex
Cyberprep
• Writing with a utopian
vision instead of a
dystopian vision.
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Steampunk Genre Family Tree
RetroFuturistic
• Depictions of current or
future times based on what
previous times had
projected.
• Steampunk
• Neo-Victorianism
• Teslapunk
• Dieselpunk
• Decopunk
• Atompunk
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Steampunk Genre Family Tree
Futuristic
• Variations of Steampunk
set in future environments
rather than retro-future
environments
• Ribofunk by Paul Di Filippo
• The Windup Girl by Paolo
Bacigalupi
• Nanopunk, Nathan McGrath
• Biopunk
• Nanopunk
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Steampunk Genre Family Tree
Other
• Not really classifiable
• Stonepunk
• Clockpunk
• Splatterpunk
• Elfpunk
• Mythpunk
• WizardPunk
• NerfPunk
• RococoPunk
Core Differentiators
From Adam Heine’s Blog.
Data from Wikipedia,
retrieved July 7, 2012.
• Canon
• There is no canon for Steampunk
• “There are no rules”
• Across media
• Not just a book, or a movie, or a game
• Cross-pollination
• Everyone borrows off of everyone else
• And that’s OK
Future Trends?
From Adam Heine’s Blog.
Data from Wikipedia,
retrieved July 7, 2012.
• IBM
• Steampunk a “New Retail
Trend in the Making.”
• “During 2013-2015, IBM predicts that steampunk will shift from low production, high cost “craft” manufacturing to mass production.”
• IBM Social Sentiment Index
Summary
From Adam Heine’s Blog.
Data from Wikipedia,
retrieved July 7, 2012.
• Since its start in 1987
• Expanded in people, media,
popularity
• Split into many subgeneres
• Gone from a splinter into a subculture
and now going mainstream
• “No Rules”
• Allows it to grow, morph, expand