Steampunk

Thanks for tip off TS
SP looks classic SP
many googles?

will have to check out sucker punch then,
all this reminds me of Sebastian, the toy maker, in his studio with his creations,
cant remember what film it is for the life of me though?

^mf, teasing about Bladerunner I presume?

As far as I know Steam punk was spurred by the collaboration between William Gibson (the originaton of Cyberpunk) and Neil Gaiman; 'The Difference Engine' (which was based on the premise, what if Charles Babbage had been able to do what he said he could?).

^mf, teasing about Bladerunner I presume?

Check out the film thread Digger... ongoing joke

As far as I know Steam punk was spurred by the collaboration between William Gibson (the originaton of Cyberpunk) and Neil Gaiman; 'The Difference Engine' (which was based on the premise, what if Charles Babbage had been able to do what he said he could?).

Interesting theory. Perhaps the term came about then though the concept went way back I suspect

Isn't it just "brown goth"?

Isn't it just "brown goth"?

No self loathing though? it's just playing at dressing up no?

...and gadgets. Lots of wrought iron and pretty details

Earliest points of reference I can think of are Dune and Alan Moore's Luther Arkwright...

I love this stuff...
...but why all the goggles?

Ever put your head out of the window on a steam train chap? Goggles make sense then.

^Ah yes good point rrr.

This from wiki-p:
Although many works now considered seminal to the genre were published in the 1960s and 1970s, the term steampunk originated in the late 1980s as a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_in_cheek[/I].

Just watched Sucker Punch... Wow... Really enjoyed it, I think? :S

I work with Emily Brownings dad.

oh dear someone watched wild wild west over the weekend didn't they

own up who was it ? ... raise your hand

I can't get the image of skydancer doing the cartman wikki wikki wah wah song from wild wild west

The steam engines they have there, a 100" and a 90" are genuinely impressive. They are huge

But they've been there for years and no one's interested, so they try and tart it up by putting some bellows on a darth vader helmet

Earliest points of reference I can think of are Dune and Alan Moore's Luther Arkwright...

And of course Nemisis the warlock, but I think the term came about in a review of The Difference Engine.

^Ah yes good point rrr.

This from wiki-p:
Although many works now considered seminal to the genre were published in the 1960s and 1970s, the term steampunk originated in the late 1980s as a tongue in cheek variant of cyberpunk. It seems to have been coined by science fiction author K. W. Jeter, who was trying to find a general term for works by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, 1983); James Blaylock (Homunculus, 1986); and himself (Morlock Night, 1979, and Infernal Devices, 1987)—all of which took place in a 19th-century (usually Victorian) setting and imitated conventions of such actual Victorian speculative fiction as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine.

Of course Wiki doesn't always agree with me...
Disappointed face emoticon.

The goggles are because of high steam pressure means the isht can explode in ya face any minute. Not to forget the small particles from the primitive fossile and exploitative bio fuel burning. Those nostalgisist aesthetesist w******* who are longing for a past that never was should keep in mind that society was advanced enough to have "punks" nor earlier than 70's and in the steam era a "punk" would have been starved, lynched or in prison.

On a lighter note, here's jokes thread mad bike names thread litte joke for you:
I call one of my bikes "Tim Burton", anyone can guess Y?

As far as I know Steam punk was spurred by the collaboration between William Gibson (the originaton of Cyberpunk) and Neil Gaiman; 'The Difference Engine' (which was based on the premise, what if Charles Babbage had been able to do what he said he could?).

Gibson and Sterling.

A brilliant book.

The goggles are because of high steam pressure means the isht can explode in ya face any minute. Not to forget the small particles from the primitive fossile and exploitative bio fuel burning. Those nostalgisist aesthetesist w******* who are longing for a past that never was should keep in mind that society was advanced enough to have "punks" nor earlier than 70's and in the steam era a "punk" would have been starved, lynched or in prison.

On a lighter note, here's jokes thread mad bike names thread litte joke for you:
I call one of my bikes "Tim Burton", anyone can guess Y?

A punk would have been lit - it's the gunpowder fuse on old matchlock muskets.

On a lighter note, here's jokes thread mad bike names thread litte joke for you:
I call one of my bikes "Tim Burton", anyone can guess Y?

It's overrated and likes to spend its leisure time with David Cameron?

Earliest points of reference I can think of are Dune and Alan Moore's Luther Arkwright...

Bryan Talbot did Luther Arkwright.

Gibson and Sterling.

A brilliant book.

Oops, note to self; don't post when tired.

Oops did it again, now sound a bit Frankie Howard...

Howerd.

See!

The China Mieville book I'm reading atm has elements of steampunk; difference engines, steam driven machines etc. In fact, i like it more than The Difference Engine itself which I never finished as it didn't seem to go anywhere. Least favourite Gibson novel in fact.

Think I remember the genre defined as an alternative history based on the idea of the computer being invented in the 19th C.