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Steampunk
Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." The term denotes works set in an era or world where STEAM POWER is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like
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Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended.
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― The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
― The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
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Follow those rats! They may lead us back to Muggins!
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― Mechanized Masterpieces: a Steampunk Anthology
― Mechanized Masterpieces: a Steampunk Anthology
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