Being a fan of Sherlock Holmes, the leap into steampunk literature isn’t a big one. But that leaves a question to be addressed: namely, what is steampunk?
To give a brief explanation, steampunk is a genre of science fiction and fantasy literature as well as other types of speculative fiction. It’s only recently come into prominence on its own, but it is rapidly growing in popularity.
Steampunk literature or other media incorporates a setting in which steam power is still widely used. That doesn’t mean that you don’t have things like spaceships or air travel or things of that sort. What it does mean, however, is that you see them as they would have been envisioned back in the Victorian era.
Of course, if you want to read steampunk, you need to start with the classics. H.G. Wells is famous for War of the Worlds, but a real steampunk author is Jules Verne. His imagination captures the aesthetic almost perfectly.
If you think movies would be more your speed, there’s the movie Hugo that was just released. It has a real steampunk bent to it, and the film itself is phenomenally well put together. But, as it’s a Scorsese work, one would expect nothing less.
There are many more examples than just these, but this should be a good starting place for anyone who’s interested.
To give a brief explanation, steampunk is a genre of science fiction and fantasy literature as well as other types of speculative fiction. It’s only recently come into prominence on its own, but it is rapidly growing in popularity.
Steampunk literature or other media incorporates a setting in which steam power is still widely used. That doesn’t mean that you don’t have things like spaceships or air travel or things of that sort. What it does mean, however, is that you see them as they would have been envisioned back in the Victorian era.
Of course, if you want to read steampunk, you need to start with the classics. H.G. Wells is famous for War of the Worlds, but a real steampunk author is Jules Verne. His imagination captures the aesthetic almost perfectly.
If you think movies would be more your speed, there’s the movie Hugo that was just released. It has a real steampunk bent to it, and the film itself is phenomenally well put together. But, as it’s a Scorsese work, one would expect nothing less.
There are many more examples than just these, but this should be a good starting place for anyone who’s interested.
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