Cyclopaedia 1 - Steampunk By T.R. Knight (InnRoads Ministries * Article Series)

Overview Vernean vs Dickensian

Steampunk is genre of speculative fiction There is some debate whether steampunk that incorporates science, technology and should be more Vernean or Dickensian. aesthetics inspired by nineteenth century  Vernean Steampunk, following the industrial steam-powered machinery as well writings of Jule Verne, looks at as Victorian ideals. Steampunk works are steampunk as optimistic and often set in the British Victorian era or futuristic with lots of science, American "Wild West" or in a future world technology and heroism. that evolved but never moved beyond the  Dickensian Steampunk, following foundation of steam power technologies the writings of Charles Dickens, and sciences of the nineteenth century. looks at steampunk as darker and more foreboding with lots of Though many would point to Jules Verse industry, greyness, and villainy. and H.G. Wells as the sources of Steampunk, most sources cite the term Following are sources of information steampunk being originated by science pertaining to Steampunk to assist fiction author K. W. Jeter in the 1980s. He prospective game masters, game designers, and other authors were writing speculative writers, and storytellers to know where to fiction taking place in a 19th century start their research. (usually Victorian) setting similar to H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. He was looking for a classification term and recommended to a Articles publisher 'steam-punks', perhaps. Blending genres, bending time: Steampunk Steampunk incorporates anachronistic on the western Frontier versions of technology such as steam By Miller C.J.; Van Riper A.B. engines, lighter-than-air airships, clockwork, Source: Journal of Popular Film and analog computers, and futuristic designs Television, v39 n2 (2011 04 01): 85-92 similar to Tesla's inventions. Steampunk also has its own aesthetic and fashion with Extraordinary Pasts: Steampunk as a Mode a mix of Victorian classic, American west, of Historical Representation art nouveau, and clockwork, along with By Rose, M. leather & brass accents. Source: Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 20, no. 3, (2009): 319-333

Prescriptivists vs. Descriptivists: Defining Steampunk By Nevins, J. Source: Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 38, No. 3 (November 2011), pp. 513-518

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Steampunk The Great Exhibition of 1851: a Nation on By Wilson, K. Display Source: Meanjin, v69 n2 (Winter 2010): By Auerbach, John 20-33 Hellboy – comic series Vapour trails: Steampunk's florid By Mignola, Mike industrial nostalgia might yet be the defining aesthetic of our time Homunculus By Coulthart, J. By Blaylock, James Source: Eye (London) n86 (2013 09 01): 72-76 How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life What Is Steampunk, and Do I Want It in By Goodman, Ruth My Library? By Rozmus, E. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Source: Library Media Connection, v30 n2 comic series p31-33 Oct 2011 By Moore, Alan

Leviathan Books By Westerfeld, Scott

Anubis Gates Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences By Powers, Tim By Ballantine, Philippa and Morris, Tee

Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Morlock Night Victorian Britain By Jeter, K.W. By Reynolds, K. D. Mortal Engines Boneshaker By Reeves, Philip By Priest, Cherie Parasol Protectorate Britain's Century By Carriger, Gail By Rubinstein, W. D. Steampunk: An Illustrated History of The Crimean War Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other By Baumgart, Winfried Victorian Visions By Robb, Brian J. The Difference Engine By Sterling, Bruce and Gibson, William The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets Girl Genius – comic series and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange By Foglio, Phil & Kaja Literature By VanderMeer, Jeff and Chambers, S.J.

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Steampunk: Fantasy Art, Fashion, Fiction & Castle Falkenstein - RPG The Movies (Gothic Dreams) Clockwork & Chivalry - RPG By Winchester, Henry Cthulhu by Gaslight - RPG Cogs, Cakes, & Swordsticks - RPG The Steampunk Gazette Deadlands - RPG By Willeford, Thomas Eberron - RPG Etherscope - RPG The Time Machine Forgotten Futures - RPG By Wells, H.G. Gaslight: Victorian Fantasy – RPG Girl Genius: The Works - Tabletop Game Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea GURPS Steampunk - RPG By Verne, Jules GURPS Steam-Tech - RPG Heavy Steam - Tabletop Game Victorian America and the Civil War Iron Kingdoms - Tabletop Game By Rose, Anne C. Kings of Air and Steam - Tabletop Game Leviathans - Tabletop Game Victorian Babylon: People, Streets and Little Wars - Tabletop Game Images in Nineteenth-Century London The Ministry Initiative - RPG By Nead, Lynda Mission Red Planet - Tabletop Game Munchkin: Steampunk - Tabletop Game The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' OGL Steampunk - RPG London Planet Steam - Tabletop Game By Flanders, Judith Space: 1889 - RPG Spelljammer - RPG This Victorian Life: Modern Adventures in Steampunk Rally - Tabletop Game Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Thief: The Dark Project - Computer Game Fashion, and Technology Tripods! - Tabletop Game By Chrisman, Sarah A. Victoriana - RPG Zeppelin Attack - Tabletop Game Victorian Values By Marsden, Gordon Cinema The Warlord of the Air By Moorecock, Michael 20,0000 Leagues Under The Sea The Adventures of Baron Munchausen The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - TV Games Around the World in 80s Days Atlantis: The Lost Empire Abney Park’s Airship Pirates - RPG The Brothers Grimm Assassin’s Creed - Computer Game Chitty Chitty Bang Bang BioShock - Computer Game Hellboy Brass and Steel - RPG Iron Sky

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Journey to the Center of the Earth People The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Legend - TV Charles Babbage Q.E.D. - TV Isambard Kingdom Brunel The Prestige Samuel Colt Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Charles Darwin Steamboy Humphry Davy The Time Machine Charles Dickens Van Helsing Thomas Edison Wild Wild West - TV Michael Faraday Young Sherlock Holmes Freemasons Robert Fulton Illuminati Locations Jack the Ripper Abraham Lincoln Antique Gas And Steam Museum David Livingston http://steam-museum.com/ Ada Lovelace Samuel Morse London Museum Of Water And Steam Charles Algernon Parsons http://waterandsteam.org.uk/ Edgar Allen Poe George Pullman Nikola Tesla Museum George Stephenson http://www.tesla-museum.org/meni_en.ht Mary Shelley m Nikola Tesla Richard Trevithick The Steam Museum Thuggees http://steam-museum.com/ Jules Verne Queen Victoria Steampunk World’s Fair Werner von Siemens http://www.steampunkworldsfair.com Vril Society James Watt TeslaCon H.G. Wells http://teslacon.com/

Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe http://www.teslasciencecenter.org/

Thomas Edison National Historical Park http://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm

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