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From {{suffix|en|steam|punk}}, by analogy with {{m|en|cyberpunk}}, coined by science-fiction writer [[w:K. W. Jeter|Kevin Wayne Jeter]] (born 1950) in a 1987 letter to the magazine ''[[w:Locus (magazine)|Locus]]'' in response to a review of his book ''[[w:Infernal Devices (K. W. Jeter novel)|Infernal Devices]]'' published the same year (see the quotation below).

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# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A [[subgenre]] of [[science fiction]] that depicts advanced technology combined with [[Victorian]] style and aesthetics, such as [[steam-powered]] machines and vehicles, visible [[gear]]s and [[screw]]s and people dressed in 19th-century attires. [[Category:{{C|en:|Alternate history]]}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|author=w:James Blaylock|magazine=[[w:Locus (magazine)|Locus]]|month=May|year=1987|volume=20|issue=5 (#316 overall)|page=57|passage=There's railroad trains, a lot of steam-driven stuff, but that's about it. More ‘'''steam punk'''’, I suppose.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Ruth La Ferla|title=Steampunk moves between 2 worlds|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/fashion/08PUNK.html|newspaper={{w|:The New York Times}}|date=May 8, 2008|passage=It is also the vision of '''steampunk''', a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines.}}

#* {{quote-journal|1=en|author=Kevin Wayne Jeter|authorlink=[[w:K. W. Jeter|Kevin Wayne Jeter]]|title=[Untitled letter]|magazine=Locus|url=http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/03/birth-of-steampunk.html|month=April|year=1987|volume=20|issue=4 (#315 overall)|page=57|passage=Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, [[w:James Blaylock|[James] Blaylock]] and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like '''steam-punks''', perhaps...|accessdate=29 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830013625/http://www.lettersofnote.com/2011/03/birth-of-steampunk.html|archivedate=30 August 2014}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|author=John Lui|title=Musketeers victim of identity crisis [review of ''[[w:The Three Musketeers (2011 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (2011)]|newspaper={{w|The Straits Times}} (Life! section)|citylocation=Singapore|date=26 October 2011|passage=[[w:Paul W. S. Anderson|[Director Paul W.S.] Anderson]]'s answer to the question of what to update in this film seems to be: '''steampunk''' everything. Hence the elaborate airship contraptions and weapons, all made in wood and iron and powered by choo-choo engines. What seems to be missing is the why. When far-fetched techno-bits and bobs are put into a story, these items must have a meaning and purpose. Here, the gadgets are throwaway items used for their visual effect, then discarded.}}

#* {{quote-book|en|author=Sybil Fogg|chapter=Mechomancy: Steampunk Sensibilities in Pagan Traditions|title=Llewellyn's 2013 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living|location=Woodbury, Minn.|publisher={{w|:Llewellyn Worldwide}}|year=2012|page=90|isbn=978-0-7387-1515-5|passage=There is also a strong draw on literature and film for ideas. Some steampunks will take a favorite character, such as {{w|Boba Fett}}, Alice, Dorothy, [[w:Severus Snape|Professor Snape]], or {{w|Sherlock Holmes}}, and “'''steampunk'''” him or her out by adding elements of leather (or faux leather), gears, clock parts, electricity, motors, and so on.}}

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