Introduction
This guide is a starting point for finding resources related to Steampunk.
Steampunk is a type of science fiction that takes place in 19th century societies and are dominated by steam- powered technology both historical and imagined.
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| NX 180 | Drawing, Design, Illustration |
| PN 3448. S73 | Literary History |
| PS 3569, 3602. U785, 3603, 3616, 3619 | American Literature |
| Q 125 | Science |
| QC 174 | Physics |
| TS 2301 | Manufactures |
| TT 157 | Arts & Crafts |
Recommended Titles
The steampunk bible : an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature
Discusses the steampunk movement in fiction, film, art, music, and fashion, tracing its history from Victorian science fiction novels and detailing its evolution into modern popular culture.
The Steampunk User's Manual : An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-Futurist Dreams
The Steampunk User's Manual provides a conceptual how-to guide that motivates and awes both the armchair enthusiast and the committed creator. Examples range from the utterly doable to the completely over-the-top, encouraging participation and imagination at all levels.
Steaming into a Victorian future : a steampunk anthology
Examines various manifestations of steampunk in order to better understand steampunk sub-culture & its effect on popular culture & wider society. Expands & extends existing scholarship on steampunk in order to explore many previously unconsidered questions about cultural creativity, social networking, fandom, appropriation, & creation of meaning.
Quantum Steampunk
The Industrial Revolution meets the quantum-technology revolution! A steampunk adventure guide to how mind-blowing quantum physics is transforming our understanding of information and energy. Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Popular Science and Popular Mathematics by the Association of American Publishers, Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Award in Science by the Phi Beta Kappa Society Victorian era steam engines and particle physics may seem worlds (as well as centuries) apart, yet a new branch of science, quantum thermodynamics, reenvisions the scientific underpinnings of the Industrial Revolution through the lens of today's roaring quantum information revolution.
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