Who Put the Punk in Steampunk The Roots and Evolution of Steampunk
Has steampunk lost its edge What began as a kind of protest against the constraints and conventions of Victorian and Golden Age science fiction has evolved into a wideranging category that s difficult to define. Is it a discrete literary genre Is it an ideology Is it a counterculture movement Or is it simply an aesthetic or style In this video, I discuss the origins of steampunk and how it has morphed and adapted throughout its history. 1:11 What Is Steampunk 3:21 Steampunk as a Protest Movement 7:45 Cautionary SF Becomes the Exception 10:35 Early Steampunk Rebels 12:20 Mervyn Peake 13:24 Keith Laumer 14:46 Keith Roberts 17:24 Ronald Clark 19:06 Jack Finney 20:06 Michael Moorcock 26:07 Japan s Steampunk Tradition 28:40 Cyberpunk Influences 31:48 Has Steampunk Lost Its Edge 34:12 Or Is Steampunk Inherently Transgressive Links to some of my other videos about SFF history: A History of Gnome Press
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