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The steampunk bible : an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature / Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers.
Van Pelt Library PN3448.S73 V36 2011
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LIBRA PN3448.S73 V36 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- VanderMeer, Jeff.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steampunk fiction--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Steampunk fiction.
- Steampunk culture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Steampunk culture.
- Fantasy fiction--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Counterculture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Counterculture.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Abrams Image, [2011]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- It's a clockwork universe, Victoria: measuring the critical mass of steampunk
- An imaginary voyage to the past: steampunk origins in Victorian imagination and innovation
- Clanking metal men, Baroque airships, and clockwork worlds: the fiction, illustrated narratives, and story behind the stories
- From Forevertron to the Raygun rocketship and beyond: "making," art, craftsmanship, and aesthetic legitimacy
- Hair stays, goggles, corsets, clockwork guitars, and imaginary airships: fashion, accessories, music, and the steampunk subculture
- Magic lanterns, robot armies, giant tuning forks, and perambulating castles: steampunk movies and television
- The future of steampunk: will clockwork gears, mechanical corsets, and dirigibles be enough?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810989581
- 9780810989580
- OCLC:
- 655303275
- Publisher Number:
- 99944995930
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