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Recently, I’ve been searching for some definitions of “steampunk”. I just wanted to stop using the word without knowing more clearly where it came from, and what it refers to.

I happened upon this reference, which fleshes the whole -punk thing out nicely, along with a further brief essay on steampunk and related subgenres.

Incidentally, the writer J.E. Remey (who owns the blogs referenced above) writes in a style influenced by HP Lovecraft and Victorian literature. So I guess he has pretty firm grip on all things steampunk.

Japanese Steampunk Watchmaker Haruo Suekichi:

“Caught somewhere between sadistic torture device and a steampunk gadget, Suekichi’s artisinal timepieces are prolifically original, fantastically bizarre, and perfectly timed for The Watchismo Times.”

Jay Lake’s “Mainspring”: Clockpunk adventure:

“Jay Lake has just published Mainspring, a stupendous clockpunk novel about a young man’s quest to find — and wind up — the mainspring of the planet.”

It’s a brute, but very ‘punky.

Concept Turned Reality - Vulcania by HD3 Complication:

“The Vulcania name derives from the Jules Verne Steampunk hero, Captain Nemo and the island which was his home port.”

Nice piece of work here. You can even bid for it on eBay. I can’t decide though. Is this Clockpunk? Retro Mystical Victoriana? or just Harry Potter paraphernalia? Maybe I’m trying too hard.

Curious Goods » Blog Archive » If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker:

“I just completed work on the pocket watch Mad-eye Moody carries in Goblet of Fire. It was quite a project, from finding the right watch, creating the art, to disassembling (and reassembling) the watch.”

Everything-punk.

Table of Malcontents | WIRED Blogs:

“Over at BoingBoing, Cory pointed out a strange new Renaissance slipstream genre called “clockpunk.”

Clockpunk. I’m on to it. This new blog looks like the first to try and shape this interesting steampunk sub-genre.

Clockpunk Difference Engine « Da Vinci Automata:

“One of the unexplored ideas (as far as I know) in Clockpunk is the absence of a Clockwork Difference Engine.”