Facts about Steampunk

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   Jules Verne and H.G. Wells are frequently cited as the primary literary ancestors of steampunk, inspiring its retrofuturistic vision of technology.

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   Influential steampunk aesthetics blend Victorian fashion elements such as corsets and top hats with anachronistic gadgetry like goggles and clockwork devices.

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   William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's 1990 novel The Difference Engine is widely credited with bringing steampunk to mainstream literary attention.

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   Steampunk as a literary genre draws heavily on Victorian-era settings and the aesthetic of 19th-century steam-powered machinery reimagined with anachronistic technology.

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   The term 'steampunk' was coined by science fiction author K.W. Jeter in a 1987 letter to Locus magazine.

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