Free the Princess: GUEST POST: STEAMPUNK! It's the wave of the past

Thursday, August 5, 2010

GUEST POST: STEAMPUNK! It's the wave of the past

Does the drawing style below really need any introduction? If it does, why in tarnation aren't you following the adventures of K. Marie Criddle over at C'MERE already?

6 comments:

fairyhedgehog said...: Truly wonderful! Goggles ahoy!; August 5, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Susan Kaye Quinn said...: Goggles for your waist! *snort*

So adorable! Did you see my Disney steampunkery?

I need to stop the clockwork in my head from spinning so much, and get back to work! :); August 5, 2010 at 2:12 PM
Adam Heine said...: No, you've revealed all our secrets! Quick, someone say something literary! Steampunk is about...um...the plight of the, uh... common man.

Phew. Dodged that cog. BULLET! I meant bullet.; August 5, 2010 at 11:03 PM
K. Marie Criddle said...: The secrets! I'm sorry, I had no choice! They gave me M&Ms!

Cog forgive me!; August 6, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Susan Kaye Quinn said...: Matt - I'm interviewing KM on my blog today! And, er, I might have mentioned you...; August 10, 2010 at 10:08 AM
writtenwyrdd said...: I really enjoy the steampunk links and info here...but this cartoon is PRICELESS! FYI I'm linking to your site in an upcoming post because I find it so useful.

Also, I hope you don't mind my mentioning it here, but I thought you might like to participate. I'm running a flash fiction contest on my blog with cool prizes. Details are here: http://tinyurl.com/327guma I requested it be urban fantasy, but if someone turned in steampunk, I would not refuse them... :); August 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM

What is This Thing Called Steampunk Anyway?

Steampunk, in its most simple definition, is a type of fiction that places contemporary technology in the Victorian Era with Coal (and thus Steam) as the primary power source instead of Gas or Electricity.

Wikipedia defines it as "works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used — usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era Britain — but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy." Mike Perschon, The Steampunk Scholar, calls it "an aesthetic that mixes elements of technofantasy, and neo-Victorian retrofuturism."

At Free the Princess, I subscribe to both definitions. Defining Steampunk isn't my concern though: telling you the information needed to write it is. And here I give you this practical literary guide to writing Steampunk. The guide may occasionally deviate into commentary on events in the community, but hopefully not too often.

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Thursday, August 5, 2010

GUEST POST: STEAMPUNK! It's the wave of the past

6 comments: