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Category Archives: Steampunk
What Is Steampunk? (10) (Baritsu, the Steampunk Scholar and the Steampunk Empire)
Sherlock Holmes was a baritsu practitioner, according to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Enjoy this essay on baritsu, or, er… bartitsu, as a steampunk martial art. Also, check this guy out. I’m only occasionally throwing out steampunk nuggets for those of … Continue reading
What Is Steampunk? (9) (Variations on a Theme)
Steampunk is to Jules Verne as Bluegrass is to Bill Monroe. Discuss. I think the heart of Steampunk, as most people understand the word, is a vision of a milieu with the technological trappings of science fiction as Jules Verne … Continue reading
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What Is Steampunk? (8) (Steampunk Magazine)
Check it out. It may be defunct (I can’t tell), but it’s still up and has some fun, steam-y content.
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What Is Steampunk? (7) (Finnish El Camino)
Okay, loosely. But it’s awesome, in any case.
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CONduit Report: He’s Science Fiction, but She’s Steampunk
I met Bill Housley of Wyoming at the Con. He’s the author of a novel called Into the Dark: Escape of the Nomad (Cowboy Logic, 2010), which I just finished reading. Bill Housley and Umberto Eco back to back are … Continue reading
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What is Steampunk? (6) (Art Deco Architecture)
From Aldershot, Hants, England. P.S. Photo by my wife, taken on a recent trip. This is the ceiling of a shopping arcade.
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What Is Steampunk? (2) (Cornish Monster)
From the Eden Project, near St. Austell, Cornwall.
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