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Steampunk: Roots & Branches Dallas Public LibraryHumanities Steampunk Series

Stephen D. Poe26 September 2015

The history and interpretation of Steampunk varies.There are as many definitions as there are Steampunkers.This is my interpretation.YMMV.

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Roots

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First, there was Science Fiction/FantasyAnd, from there in the early 80s, evolved Cyberpunk. Dystopian SF; a genre noir. Highly focused on cybernetic futures, high tech and failing societies.

The Cyberpunk genre expandedWriters created cyberpunk-type worlds but without cybernetics; some were set in Victorian England and copied conventions of Victorian Literature.

And suddenly a new genre is bornDear 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

Published April, 1987

Older works were retro-actively fitted into the new genre

But its not just literary Its expanded far past that

MusicAbney ParkCharles von ViticThe Clockwork DollsThe Clockwork QuartetThe Cog is DeadCorsetDarcy James Argue's Secret SocietyDoctor SteelThe Extraordinary Contraptions H U M A N W I N E Insomniac FolkloreJon MagnificentJill TracyLes Claypool

Marquis of VaudevilleThe Men That Will Not Be Blamed for NothingPoplock HolmesProfessor ElementalPsyche CorporationRasputinaSteam Powered GiraffeSunday DriverThomas TruaxUnextraordinary GentlemenUnwomanVernian ProcessVeronique ChevalierVoltaire

Performance ArtRocky HorrorSteampunkAirship IsabellaCarnival EpsilonLeague of STEAMPenny Dreadful Productions

Even its own Reality TV ShowSteampunkDIts own Reality TV Show!

Crafts & DIYDIY and MakerAside from cosplay, most other subcultures do not have such a strong emphasis on DIYSteampunk has a very strong culture of sharingNext Saturday here (3rd floor)Steampunk DYI makeSteamUp Your Wardrobe!facebook.com/events/1496813680641850/

Branches

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Steampunk has splintered into multiple Sub-genres itselfHigh VicLow VicAirshipDieselpunkFar EastClockpunk/WatchpunkWild West (cattlepunk)

Steampunk Genre Family Tree

Steampunk Genre Family TreePostcyberpunkCyberpunk 2.0New authors, grew up with cyberpunk, take it to the next generation. Typically not dystopian.Neal Stephenson's The Diamond AgeGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexCyberprepWriting with a utopian vision instead of a dystopian vision.

Steampunk Genre Family TreeRetroFuturisticDepictions of current or future times based on what previous times had projected.SteampunkNeo-VictorianismTeslapunkDieselpunkDecopunkAtompunk

Steampunk Genre Family TreeFuturisticVariations of Steampunk set in future environments rather than retro-future environmentsBiopunkNanopunk

Steampunk Genre Family TreeOtherNot really classifiableStonepunkClockpunkSplatterpunkElfpunkMythpunkWizardPunkNerfPunkRococoPunkDreadPunk

New Growth

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Whimsical Directions NerfPunk

New Directions DreadPunkThe 3 Laws of Dreadpunk

Dreadpunk is based in horror or dark fantasy, with a particular emphasis the word "dread": horror by implication or unseen.Dreadpunk is set within or informed by pre- or early-20th century horrordefinitely no later than Lovecraft, with Victorian London serving as the default touchstone for the Dreadpunk aesthetic.Dreadpunk is self-aware and subversive, while still emphasizing classic horror traditions.

Dreadpunk in Literature

Dreadpunk in Other Media

In Closing

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Core DifferentiatorsFrom Adam Heines Blog.Data from Wikipedia, retrieved July 7, 2012.

CanonThere is no canon for SteampunkThere are no rulesAcross mediaNot just a book, or a movie, or a gameCross-pollinationEveryone borrows off of everyone elseAnd thats OK

http://www.adamheine.com/search/label/steampunkCross-pollinationThomas Williford publishing how-to booksCedrick - ASI - sharing27

SteampunkFrom Adam Heines Blog.Data from Wikipedia, retrieved July 7, 2012.

Since its start in 1987Expanded in people, media, popularitySplit into many subgeneresGone from a splinter into a subculture and now going mainstreamNo RulesAllows it to grow, morph, expand

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