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Steampunk : an illustrated history of fantastical fiction, fanciful film and other Victorian visions / Brian J. Robb ; foreword by James P. Blaylock.

Title
Steampunk : an illustrated history of fantastical fiction, fanciful film and other Victorian visions / Brian J. Robb ; foreword by James P. Blaylock.
Author
Robb, Brian J.
Publication
Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
Blaylock, James P., 1950-
Description
191 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports.; 29 cm.
Summary
A sumptuous visual history of the steampunk counterculture movement includes coverage of innovations and styles as envisioned by authors ranging from Jules Verne and H. G. Wells to Hayao Miyazaki and Philip Pullman.
Subject
  • Steampunk fiction > History and criticism
  • Steampunk culture
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Steampunk culture.
Note
  • Originally published: London : Aurum, 2012.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: unleashing steampunk -- The Gilded Age -- From cyberpunk to steampunk -- Reinventing the Victorians -- A young lady's primer -- Nitrate nightmares and selenium dreams -- Clockwork graphics -- An empire strikes back -- Of cogs and corsets -- Back to the future.
ISBN
  • 9780760343760 (hc)
  • 0760343764 (hc)
OCLC
781679688
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library