Richard Hell and William Gibson: Any Connection?
o hold the t.v. to my lips, the air so packed with cash then carry it up flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lot To lose my train of thought and fall into your arms’ tracks and watch beneath...
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Paul Tobin (pre-steampunk version, before installation of the ocular steam-laser) So… what IS the deal with steampunk, anyway? Why has it become so popular? So many fantasy books incorporate elements...
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The last few days I’ve been pondering what I could write on this week’s theme of Steampunk, about which I know very little but would like to learn more. Fortunately, a brief dalliance with Google...
View ArticleJust Because it’s Cool…
Steampunk is cool because . . . 5. The birth-pangs of Industrialization sacrificed the lives of millions of workers in the service of the machinery of capitalism; mill workers, coal miners, piece...
View ArticleMusings Upon the Steampunk Æsthetic
Steampunk is, I believe, a reaction to the last 80 years of industrial design. Machines used to be self explanatory, to an extent. You could look at something chugging away, and see how the various...
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