Steampunk

Could someone, possibly a New Zealander, explain Steampunk for me.

Is it likely to arrive in the UK?

JA

Think it's already here

Been here well over 100 years

H.G. Wells 'The Time Machine'.

E.M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops'.

Think Moorcock's Oswald Bastable novels.

And people were making brass and ebony computer keyboards in the 1990s.

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 31/08/2016 18:36:54

Who???

Lincoln Castle hosted a steam punk event this past weekend, not for the first time.

Martin

Central character in books like 'The Land Leviathan' and 'The Warlord of the Air' - essentially stories set in the future featuring strong doses of Victorian technology and style, now having evolved into models on such a theme and even a lifestyle.

Neil

Edited By jason udall on 31/08/2016 18:53:12

I think I am getting my head round the idea. So would Rowland Emett's railway at Battersea Park in the early 1950s now be considered steampunk?

JA

JA, for steampunk, Google:

Novel, Pavane by Keith Roberts

Dance music, YouTube - Whitby Gothic Style

Videos, YouTube - Sir Reginald Pike-Devant Esq., and Professor Elemental

I have the honour to be, your humble and devoted servant, Sir.

+1 for Pavane. My other forays into Steampunk have been rather disappointing. Any recommendations for well written examples of the genre?

Cheers,

Rod

Look up 'Steampowered giraffe' on you tube.

Strange but kind of fun.

Everyone to their own

Several years ago my daughter had 'Mortal Engines' by Phillip Reeve, which is aimed at teenagers and I couldn't help reading it. If you suspend disbelief its a rollicking good tale and I was disappointed she didn't get any others in the series.

The His Dark Materials books are a bit older and have steampunk elements.

I thoroughly enjoyed Moorcock's Oswald Bastable books, but you have to be into his sort of writing to enjoy them.

A steam powered WW1 tank/landship woudl amke a nice steampunk project!

Or how about the Tsar Tank, both real AND steampunk!

Neil

Wild Wild West with Will Smith, for a gentle starter. Film, not book.

This Russian motorcycle is a fine example of steampunk design:

**LINK**

https://iainhall.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/good-steam-punk-design/

MichaelG.

How's this for a project?

Edited By JasonB on 01/09/2016 07:25:32

I have no problem with teen aimed books - I've enjoyed His Dark Materials and of course Harry Potter, which certainly had some steampunkish elements; at least in the design of the films. I'll give Reeve a go.Thanks.

Interesting link Michael:  Is Steampunk defined by polished brass?

Rod

Edited By Roderick Jenkins on 31/08/2016 22:41:57

How about this, Neil?

Geoff

I am not sure about all this. Perhaps it is outside the scope of the forum.

JA

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Not exclusively ... But surely that bike would fit into many a steampunk scenario.

MichaelG.

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Why would you think that