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The term refers to [[SF]] stories that take place against a 19th Century background, usually involving steam-powered machinery.
 
The term refers to [[SF]] stories that take place against a 19th Century background, usually involving steam-powered machinery.
  
Writers who have written steampunk stories include [[Howard Waldrop]], [[Steven Utley]], [[James P. Blaylock]], [[K. W. Jeter]], [[Tim Powers]], [[Bruce Sterling]], and [[William Gibson]].  The latter two writers are also closely identified with [[cyberpunk]] [[SF]].  More recent steampunk works include [[Rudy Rucker]]'s ''The Hollow Earth'' and [[Paul di Filippo]]'s ''The Steampunk Trilogy''.  
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Writers who have written steampunk stories include [[Howard Waldrop]], [[Steven Utley]], [[James P. Blaylock]], [[K. W. Jeter]], [[Tim Powers]], [[Bruce Sterling]], and [[William Gibson]].  The latter two writers are also closely identified with [[cyberpunk]] [[SF]].  More recent steampunk works include [[Rudy Rucker]]'s ''The Hollow Earth'' and [[Paul Di Filippo]]'s ''The Steampunk Trilogy''.  
  
 
Victorian London is often the setting for steampunk stories.
 
Victorian London is often the setting for steampunk stories.
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Revision as of 02:13, 29 March 2020

A term coined in the late 1980s by K. W. Jeter, by analogy to cyberpunk, to indicate a modern SF sub-genre.

The term refers to SF stories that take place against a 19th Century background, usually involving steam-powered machinery.

Writers who have written steampunk stories include Howard Waldrop, Steven Utley, James P. Blaylock, K. W. Jeter, Tim Powers, Bruce Sterling, and William Gibson. The latter two writers are also closely identified with cyberpunk SF. More recent steampunk works include Rudy Rucker's The Hollow Earth and Paul Di Filippo's The Steampunk Trilogy.

Victorian London is often the setting for steampunk stories.

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