A brief Introduction

This blog is my online shrine to steampunk. Steampunk as I understand it is Victorian science fiction or retro-futurism, a mix of futuristic technologies and inventions set in Victorian times. It can have elements of anachronism and alternative history to it that sets it apart from purely historical fiction or science fiction as well. There are two major subgenres sprouting from steampunk: Weird West and Victorian England although there are other subgenres close to them such as ricepunk which is Asian steampunk but not as popular. What is very exciting about this genre like so many other interesting genres my generation keys in on is that it can appear in many kinds of media. It started however with works of literature from its two founding fathers: Jules Verne and H.G Wells and appeared more popular to the western hemisphere during the 1980s and 1990s. From those novels came the movie versions and then the TV specials and shows and let's not forget cartoons. The more steampunk showed on screens either at home or in the theater, the more people became interested in it and much like anime, comics, and other cartoons, people wanted to be the characters and reenact scenes they've either read or watched at some point. In comes cosplay and more subgenres commence. Steampunk is such a wide genre because there is so much leeway in creating characters, settings, any kind of element needed really. It's all about invention and innovation and anything goes which is why no two characters are alike, no two inventions or technologies are alike, every element in the genre is its own snowflake or fingerprint. This blog will talk about a handful of those many snowflakes in the wonderful world of Victorian science fiction.