SF Topics :: Steampunk"Steampunk," is part of the "Alternative History" genre of science fiction and focuses on an alternate Victorian age in which steam-driven computers and coal-fired robots are found in gritty industrial cities. Though the term was coined in the 1980s as an offshoot of "Cyberpunk," writing in this vein has appeared since the early 1900s, being inspired by the work, life and times of Jules Verne:
Books
| Title |
Author |
Year |
| The Anubis Gates |
Tim Powers |
1983 |
| Infernal Devices |
K. W. Jeter |
1986 |
| Those Who Hunt the Night |
Barbara Hambly |
1988 |
| The Werewolves of London |
Brian M. Stableford |
1990 |
| The Difference Engine |
William Gibson, Bruce Sterling |
1991 |
| Lord Kelvin's Machine |
James Blaylock |
1992 |
| Anti-Ice |
Stephen Baxter |
1993 |
| A Nomad of the Time Streams |
Michael Moorcock |
1995 |
| The Steampunk Trilogy |
Paul di Filippo |
1995 |
| Jack Faust |
Michael Swanwick |
1997 |
| Newton's Cannon |
Gregory Keyes |
1999 |
| The Grand Ellipse |
Paula Volsky |
2000 |
| Homunculus |
James Blaylock |
2000 |
| Pasquale's Angel |
Paul McAuley |
2000 |
| Perdido Street Station |
China Miéville |
2000 |
| Steam Punk – comic series |
Joe Kelly, Chris Bachalo |
2001 |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 |
Alan Moore |
2002 |
| The Light Ages |
Ian R. MacLeod |
2003 |
Media
| Title |
Director/Producer |
Year |
| 20,000 Leagues under the Sea |
Dir. Richard Fleischer |
1954 |
| The Wild Wild West |
Dir. Michael Garrison |
1965- 1969 |
| Eraserhead |
Dir. David Lynch |
1977 |
| Back to the Future Part III |
Dir. Robert Zemeckis |
1990 |
| Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water |
Dir. Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi |
1990 |
| The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne |
Gavin Scott |
1999 |
| The Wild Wild West |
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld |
1999 |
| Escaflowne the Movie |
Dir. Kazuki Akane |
2000 |
| Atlantis, The Lost Empire |
Dir. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise |
2001 |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
Dir. Stephen Norrington |
2003 |
