| ISBN |
9780810989580 (hbk.) |
| Name |
VanderMeer, Jeff |
| Title |
The steampunk bible : an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature / Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers ; contributions from Desirina Boskovich ... [et al.]. |
| Published |
New York : Abrams Image, c2011. |
| Description |
224 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- An imaginary voyage to the past: steampunk origins in Victorian imagination and innovation -- Clanking metal men, Baroque airships, and clockwork worlds -- The fiction, illustrated narratives, and story behind the stories -- From Forevertron to the Raygun rocketship and beyond: art, "making," craftsmanship, and aesthetic legitimacy -- Hair stays, goggles, corsets, clockwork guitars, and imaginary airships: -- Fashion, accessories, music, and the steampunk subculture -- Magic lanterns, robot armies, giant tuning forks, and perambulating castles: steampunk movies and television -- The future of steampunk: will clockwork gears, mechanical corsets, and dirigibles be enough? -- Resources -- Index. |
| Summary |
Steampunk is a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. |
| Subjects |
Steampunk fiction -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
| Steampunk culture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
| Other Names |
Chambers, S. J. |
| Boskovich, Desirina |
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