Why Steampunk?

Four Steampunks cosplaying at Gen Con, August 2015


Because I'm a fan of Steampunk -- both the literary movement and Steampunk-oriented fandom -- I get asked from time to time to define steampunk as concept. To quote Reference.com :

"Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction literature that uses the aesthetics and technology from 19th-century industrial times. At its core, it maintains the idea that science and technology never developed beyond steam-powered energy. Steampunk can take place either in present day or in the 19th century. The term steampunk originates from the 1980s as a variant of cyberpunk, though some literature written in the 1960s and 1970s is now considered influential to the genre..."

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