Elif Batuman

Tolstoy didn't know about steampunk or cyborgs, but he did know about the nightmarishness of steam power, unruly machines, and the creepy half-human status of the Russian peasant classes. In 'Anna Karenina,' nineteenth-century life itself is a relentless, relentlessly modern machine, flattening those who oppose it.

American Author

M. K. Hobson

I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.

American Writer

Ken Liu

Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes its inspiration from the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic of the Victorian era, silkpunk draws inspiration from East Asian antiquity.

Paul Di Filippo

Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.

Kaja Foglio

From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.

Nick Harkaway

The reason steampunk attracts people is that it is premised on a technology which is visible and pleasing to the naked eye, and whose moving parts are comprehensible on a human scale.

English Novelist

Lorne Balfe

Hans Zimmer and I considered 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows' to be a steampunk genre; our inspiration came from Sherlock's own travels.

Scottish Composer

Gail Carriger

I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.

Peter Molyneux

There was a whole sequence of concept art about a 'Fable' set in a kind of steampunk Victoriana age.

English Designer

Chris Wooding

Steampunk has been hovering around for a long while, and it's never really caught on in a big way.

British Writer

Steampunk mixes historical settings with futuristic inventions, creating a unique genre.

Genre Blending

Steampunk often draws inspiration from Victorian or Edwardian eras, reflecting their culture and style.

Cultural Roots

Steampunk features distinctive visuals like brass gears, clockwork, and goggles.

Visual Elements

The steampunk adjective suggests a creative and visually appealing mix of old and new.

Aesthetic Appeal

Steampunk as an adjective isn't limited to literature; it applies to art, decor, and fashion too.

Beyond Fiction

Describing something as steampunk hints at creativity and a departure from the mundane.

Imaginative Flair

 we've got on the back and it draws off those producer gasses takes them over the roof of the car down into the engine where they're finally allowed to mix with oxygen and explode usefully to drive the car now sure this might look like some kind of crazy steampunk

How to rebuild the world...

 and England is the land of Shakespeare. More poets. And Ada had seen Charles Babbage's kit all over the floor, and she wasn’t having some steampunk, coal-fired nuts, bolts, bezels, levers, gears, cogs and chains, crank-handled machine writing poetry.

Is Humanity Smart Enough...

 And today, despite occasional negative media attention and stereotypes, Gothic music and fashion continue as a strong underground phenomenon. They've also branched into sub-genres, such as cybergoth, gothabilly, gothic metal, and even steampunk.