Une introduction au steampunk

[jerome]

An Introduction To Steampunk est un article en anglais à lire ici.

Voici le début :

"Steampunk is a sort of retro-futurism, in which technological developments like robots, computers, and time machines are created using the technologies of the past: steam, rivets, gears and dials as opposed to electricity or electronics. It is heavily influenced by the work of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, and steampunk fiction is often set in an idealized Victorian milieu.
Origin Of The Name

The term "steampunk" was coined by science fiction author K. W. Jeter in a 1987 letter to Locus Magazine. Looking for a term to describe the work being written by himself and his friends Tim Powers and James Blaylock, he jokingly suggested "steampunks", a play on words regarding the cyberpunk genre of science fiction.

"Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term... Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like "steampunks," perhaps."