Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles or analog computers; these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or a presumption of functionality.

Although many works now considered seminal to the genre were published in the 1960s and 1970s, the term steampunk originated in the late 1980s as a tongue in cheek variant of cyberpunk.

This article is a list of works in the science fiction and fantasy genres considered by commentators to be steampunk.

Contents 1 Precursors 2 In literature 2.1 Comics/graphic novels 3 In films 4 In television 5 In video games 6 In music 7 Role-playing games 8 See also 9 Notes 10 External links

[edit] Precursors

Although the term “steampunk” was not coined until 1987, several works of fiction significant to the development of the genre were produced before that. Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake, published in 1959, anticipated many of the tropes of steampunk.^[1]

Steampunk was particularly influenced by, and often adopts the style of the scientific romances and fantasies of the 19th century. Notably influential authors are:

• G K Chesterton^[2]
• Charles Dickens^[2]
• Arthur Conan Doyle^[2]
• Robert Louis Stevenson^[2]
• Bram Stoker^[2]
• Jules Verne^[3][4]
• H.G. Wells^[3][4]
• Mark Twain^[3][4]
• Mary Shelley.^[5]

Early adaptions of this scientific romance literature to film, particularly those from the 1950s and 1960s, have also be noted as precursors of steampunk cinema:^[4]

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)^[4]
• The Time Machine (1960 film)^[4]
• Master of the World (1961 film)^[4]

[edit] In literature

Year	Author(s)	Title	First Publisher	Note	Ref.
1993	Baxter, StephenStephen Baxter	Anti-Ice	Ace Books
2009	Berry, JedediahJedediah Berry	The Manual of Detection	Heinemann		[6]
1986	Blaylock, JamesJames Blaylock	Homunculus	Ace Books		[2]
1992	Blaylock, JamesJames Blaylock	Lord Kelvin's Machine	Arkham House		[2]
1995	Di Filippo, PaulPaul Di Filippo	The Steampunk Trilogy		Collection of 3 stories	[7]
2008	Gevers, NickNick Gevers	Extraordinary Engines	Solaris	Anthology	[8]
1990	Gibson, WilliamWilliam Gibson & Bruce Sterling	The Difference Engine	Gollancz		[7][9]
2007	Green, JonathanJonathan Green	Pax Britannia	Abaddon Books		[10]
2007	Hale, GinnGinn Hale	Wicked Gentlemen	Blind Eye Books	Gaylactic Spectrum Award winner.[11]	[12]
1979	Jeter, K. W.K. W. Jeter	Morlock Night			[7]
1987	Jeter, K. W.K. W. Jeter	Infernal Devices	St. Martin's Press		[2]
2004	Judson , TheodoreTheodore Judson	Fitzpatrick's War	DAW Books		[13]
2007	Lake, JayJay Lake	Mainspring	Tor Books		[14]
2001	Lansdale, Joe RJoe R Lansdale	Zeppelins West		"Ned the Seal" trilogy book 1	[15]
2006	Lansdale, Joe RJoe R Lansdale	Flaming London		"Ned the Seal" trilogy book 2	[16]
2008	Mann, GeorgeGeorge Mann	The Affinity Bridge	Snowbooks[17]		[18]
2000	Miéville, ChinaChina Miéville	Perdido Street Station	Macmillan	A Bas-Lag novel	[19][20]
1971	Moorcock, MichaelMichael Moorcock	Warlord of the Air		A Nomad of the Time Streams book 1	[2]
1974	Moorcock, MichaelMichael Moorcock	The Land Leviathan		A Nomad of the Time Streams book 2	[2]
1981	Moorcock, MichaelMichael Moorcock	The Steel Tsar		A Nomad of the Time Streams book 3	[2]
1992	Newman, KimKim Newman	Anno Dracula	Simon & Schuster	Anno Dracula series book 1. World Fantasy Award nominee[21]	[7]
2008	Pagliassotti, DruDru Pagliassotti	Clockwork Heart			[22]
1995	Pullman, PhilipPhilip Pullman	Northern Lights	Scholastic Point	His Dark Materials book 1	[23]
2001	Reeve, PhilipPhilip Reeve	Mortal Engines	Scholastic		[7]

[edit] Comics/graphic novels

Year	Creator (s)	Title	Publisher	Note	Ref.
2009	Talbot, BryanBryan Talbot	Grandville	Jonathan Cape		[24]
2006	TenNapel, DougDoug TenNapel	Iron West	Image		[25]
2001	Foglio, PhilPhil Foglio & Kaja Foglio	Girl Genius	Studio Foglio LLC		[5]
1999	Moore, AlanAlan Moore & Kevin O'Neill	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	America's Best		[9]
1998	Asamiya, KiaKia Asamiya	Steam Detectives	Shueisha	Manga	[citation needed]
2000	Kelly , JoeJoe Kelly & Chris Bachalo	Steampunk	Cliffhanger	Cancelled after 12 issues	[citation needed]
1998	Hernandez, LeaLea Hernandez	Cathedral Child	Cyberosia	Part of the Texas Steampunk series	[citation needed]

[edit] In films

Year	Creator (s)	Title	Studio	Note	Ref.
1958		The Fabulous World of Jules Verne			[26]
1979		Time After Time			[4]
1984		Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind		Anime	[27]
1986		Castle in the Sky		Anime	[4][28]
1994		The City of Lost Children			[4]
1999		Wild Wild West			[4][5]
2001		Atlantis: The Lost Empire			[4][5]
2001		Metropolis (anime)		Anime	[4]
2001		Vidocq			[4]
2003		The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen			[4]
2004		Howl's Moving Castle		Anime	[4]
2004		Steamboy		Anime	[4][29]
2004		Van Helsing			[4]
2005		The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello		short film	[30]
2009		Sherlock Holmes			[31]

[edit] In television

Year	Creator (s)	Title	Studio	Note	Ref.
1965	Michael Garrison	The Wild Wild West		CBS series	[5]
1978	Hayao Miyazaki	Future Boy Conan	Nippon Animation	NHK series	[32]
1982	James D. Parriott	Voyagers!	James D. Parriott Productions	NBC series	[33]
1990	Hideaki Anno	Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water	Gainax	NHK series	[34]
1993	Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse	The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.	Boam/Cuse Productions	Fox Broadcasting Company series	[35]
2000	Gavin Scott	The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne	Filmline International	Sci Fi series	[36]
2003	Koichi Chigira	Last Exile	Gonzo	TV Tokyo series	[37]
2006	Katsura Hoshino	D. Gray Man	TMS Entertainment	TV Tokyo series	[38]

[edit] In video games

• Steel Empire^[39] (1992)
• Final Fantasy VI (1994)^[40]
• Wild ARMs (1997)^[40]
• Thief series (1998-2004)^[40]
• Skies of Arcadia ^[41] (Victorian Fantasy setting, where the main form of transportation is Airships) (2000)
• Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (2001)^[5]
• Progear (2001)^[42]
• Bang! Howdy (2006)^[43]
• Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (2006)^[44]
• On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness ^[45] (Steampunk RPG, first two episodes [out of four] available) (2007-8)
• Damnation (2009) ^[46]
• Edge of Twilight ^[47] (2009)

[edit] In music

These are musicians and bands that have either adopted a steampunk aesthetic in their appearance, or have a decidedly steampunk approach to their music.

• Abney Park^[48][49]
• The Clockwork Quartet^[48]
• Doctor Steel ^[50][51]
• Rasputina^[48]
• Unextraordinary Gentlemen^[52]
• Vernian Process^[53][54]

[edit] Role-playing games

• Space: 1889 (1988)^[5]
• Castle Falkenstein by Mike Pondsmith^[55]
• GURPS Steampunk^[56]

[edit] See also

• Retro-futurism
• Dieselpunk
• Science fiction Western

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Steampunkopedia, a compendium of all things steampunk, including a chronology.

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