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The Steampunk User's Manual

Author : Jeff VanderMeer

Publisher : Abrams

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 47,11 MB

Release : 2015-11-25

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 1613127081

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This comprehensive guide to Steampunk creations of all kinds offers inspiration and practical tips for bringing your own retro-futuristic visions to life. Whether you’re a newbie to the world of Steampunk, or a long-time enthusiast of airships, goggles, and mad scientists, The Steampunk User’s Manual is essential reading. The popular subgenre of science fiction has grown into a cultural movement; one that invites fans to let their imaginations go wild. In this volume, Jeff VanderMeer—the renowned expert in all things Steampunk—presents a practical and inspirational guidance for finding your own path into this realm. Including sections on art, fashion, architecture, crafts, music, performance, and storytelling, The Steampunk User's Manual provides a conceptual how-to guide on everything from the utterly doable to the completely over-the-top.



The Steampunk Bible

Author : Jeff VanderMeer

Publisher : Abrams

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 37,63 MB

Release : 2012-06-01

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1613121660

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“Wonderful essays on everything steampunk, written by well-known names in the movement who are living steampunk every day” (Wired.com). Steampunk—a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture—is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock Holmes. Its adherents celebrate the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and robots. A burgeoning DIY community has brought a distinctive Victorian-fantasy style to their crafts and art. Steampunk evokes a sense of adventure and discovery, and embraces extinct technologies as a way of talking about the future. This ultimate manual will appeal to aficionados and novices alike as author Jeff VanderMeer takes the reader on a wild ride through the clockwork corridors of Steampunk history. Praise for The Steampunk Bible “An informed, informative and beautifully illustrated survey of the subject.” —The Financial Times “The Steampunk Bible is far and away the most intriguing catalog of all things steam yet written.” —The Austin Chronicle



Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker's Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts

Author : Thomas Willeford

Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 47,88 MB

Release : 2011-11-05

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 007176237X

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Unleash Your Inner Mechanical Mastermind Welcome to the wondrous world of Thomas Willeford, aka Lord Archibald "Feathers" Featherstone, in which he shares his closely guarded secrets of Steampunkery. Filled with do-it-yourself projects, Steampunk Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos: A Maker's Guide to Creating Modern Artifacts shows you how to build exquisite, ingenious contraptions on a budget. Learn from Lord Featherstone as he distills his wealth of hard-learned skills, describes how to use the readily available tools of the modern mad scientist, and expounds on the art and philosophy of scavenging unique components and raw materials. The perfect companion for the hobbyist and advanced machinist alike, this inventive volume will guide you through the creation of your very own infernal devices. Get steamed with these provocative projects: Aetheric ray deflector solid brass goggles Calibrated indicator gauges Ferromagnetic self-scribing automated encyclopedia (or, the Steampunk book drive) High voltage electro-static cannon (or, the lamp gun) Tesla-pod chrono-static insulating field generator (or, the mobile device enclosure) Altitude mask with integrated respiratory augmentation Armoured pith helmet Mark I superior replacement arm with integrated Gatling gun attachment Visit the companion website, www.mhprofessional.com/steampunk, for videos, images, and more bonus content! Make Great Stuff! TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.



The Immersion Book of Steampunk

Author : Gareth D. Jones

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,59 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780956392442

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Join the "Immersion Book of Steampunk" for an expedition through a new age of glorious industry. Encounter suffragette air-pirates, the art-deco terror of imperial skies, unwrap the bullet-proof magic of a cynical prince, or discover the dark, ensorcelled secrets of evolutionary public engineering.



1,000 Steampunk Creations

Author : Dr. Grymm

Publisher : Quarry Books

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 40,23 MB

Release : 2011-07-01

Category : Crafts & Hobbies

ISBN : 1610602196

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Steampunk is a burgeoning counter-cultural movement; a genre, community, and artform. The Steampunk movement seeks to recapture the spirit of invention, adventure, and craftsmanship reminiscent of early-nineteenth-century industrialization, in part to restore a sense of wonder to a technology-jaded world. Packed with 1,000 full-color photographs, 1,000 Steampunk Creations features a stunning and mind-boggling showcase of modified technology, art and sculpture, home décor, fashion and haberdashery, jewelry and accessories, and curious weapons, vehicles, and contraptions.



The Art of Steampunk

Author : Arthur W. Donovan

Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 17,61 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Art and technology

ISBN : 9781565235731

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Dive into the world of Steampunk where machines are functional pieces of art and the design is only as limited as the artist's imagination.



Steampunk

Author : Brian J. Robb

Publisher : Voyageur Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 45,13 MB

Release : 2015-09-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780760348918

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A gorgeously illustrated history of the literary, film, and arts counterculture--now in paperback! Simultaneously a literary movement, ultra-hip subculture, and burgeoning cottage industry, steampunk is the most influential new genre to emerge from the late twentieth century. Spinning tales populated with clockwork leviathans, cannon shots to the moon, and coal-fired robots, it charts alternative histories in which the British Empire never fell and the atom remained unsplit. Spectacularly illustrated and international in scope, this comprehensive history explores steampunk's many intricate expressions in fiction, cinema, television, comics, and video games, and traces its evolution into a truly global aesthetic that has made its mark on art, architecture, fashion, and music. From the classic science-fiction of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Mary Shelley, through the dystopian futurescapes of Cyberpunk, to the otherworldly imaginings of Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore, and China Miéville, author Brian J. Robb sets the key works of steampunk squarely under the lens of his brass monocle and ventures into a world where airships still rule the skies.



Steampunk Your Wardrobe

Author : Calista Taylor

Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 16,20 MB

Release : 2014-10-01

Category : Crafts & Hobbies

ISBN : 1607651343

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Learn to infuse the popular steampunk style into your wardrobe with easy and inexpensive techniques for garments and accessories.



Vintage Tomorrows

Author : James H. Carrott

Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Page : 423 pages

File Size : 25,98 MB

Release : 2013-02-11

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1449337953

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What would today’s technology look like with Victorian-era design and materials? That’s the world steampunk envisions: a mad-inventor collection of 21st century-inspired contraptions powered by steam and driven by gears. In this book, futurist Brian David Johnson and cultural historian James Carrott explore steampunk, a cultural movement that’s captivated thousands of artists, designers, makers, hackers, and writers throughout the world. Just like today, the late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change, and writers such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells commented on their time with fantastic stories that jumpstarted science fiction. Through interviews with experts such as William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, James Gleick, and Margaret Atwood, this book looks into steampunk’s vision of old-world craftsmen making beautiful hand-tooled gadgets, and what it says about our age of disposable technology. Steampunk is everywhere—as gadget prototypes at Maker Faire, novels and comic books, paintings and photography, sculptures, fashion design, and music. Discover how this elaborate view of a history that never existed can help us reimagine our future.



Steampunk

Author : Claire Nally

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 294 pages

File Size : 48,37 MB

Release : 2019-06-27

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1350113190

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What is steampunk? Fashion craze, literary genre, lifestyle - or all of the above? Playing with the scientific innovations and aesthetics of the Victorian era, steampunk creatively warps history and presents an alternative future, imagined from a nineteenth-century perspective. In her interdisciplinary book, Claire Nally delves into this contemporary subculture, explaining how the fashion, music, visual culture, literature and politics of steampunk intersect with theories of gender and sexuality. Exploring and occasionally critiquing the ways in which gender functions in the movement, she addresses a range of different issues, including the controversial trope of the Victorian asylum; gender and the graphic novel; the legacies of colonialism; science and the role of Ada Lovelace as a feminist steampunk icon. Drawing upon interviews, theoretical readings and textual analysis, Nally asks: why are steampunks fascinated by our Victorian heritage, and what strategies do they use to reinvent history in the present?