STEAMPUNK....

Cyberpunk and Steampunk,those 2 words seem related because they both have the word "punk" in them but apart from being alike in words they also are like by definition. there has already been a post based on Cyberpunk so lets just talk about Steampunk directly.



What is Steampunk?

Steampunk is a type of fantasy or science fiction. It became known in the 1980s and early 1990s. it talks about works done were steam power (meachanical engines),are widely used,usually in the 19th century or the Victorian era, England. the major elements used in steampunk works are either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions or real technological inventions like the computer.



Steampunk is often associated with cyberpunk and shares a similar fanbase and theme of rebellion, but developed as a separate movement. Apart from time period and level of technological development, the main difference between cyberpunk and steampunk is that steampunk settings usually tend to be less obviously dystopian,than cyberpunk, or lack dystopian elements entirely.





Steampunk works include a novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE. This novel helped in widespreading the meaning of Steampunk around the world. The long delayed film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, titled STEAMBOY, a Japanese animated feature about a boy in Victorian England struggling with modern geopolitical ideals, is one of the more recent examples of this in film.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk