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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Webb, Simon (Historian), author.     Subjects     Technology -- History -- 19th century.     Technological innovations -- History -- 19th century.     Steam engineering -- History -- 19th century.     Speculative fiction.     Steampunk fiction.     Steampunk culture.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Webb, Simon (Historian), author.       by title:      The real world of Vi...         MARC Display

The real world of Victorian steampunk : steam planes and radiophones / Simon Webb. by Webb, Simon (Historian), author. Yorkshire ; Philadelphia : Pen & Sword History, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2019. Subjects Technology -- History -- 19th century.   Technological innovations -- History -- 19th century.   Steam engineering -- History -- 19th century.   Speculative fiction.   Steampunk fiction.   Steampunk culture. ISBN:  9781526732859 (paperback) : 1526732858 (paperback) Description:  xii, 155 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  In the last few decades, steampunk has blossomed from being a rather obscure and little-known subgenre of science fiction into a striking and distinctive style of fashion, art, design and even music. It is in the written word however that steampunk has its roots and in this book Simon Webb explores and examines the real inventions which underpin the fantasy. In doing so, he reveals a world unknown to most people today. The Real World of Victorian Steampunk shows the Victorian era to have been a surprising place; one of steam-powered aeroplanes, fax machines linking Moscow and St Petersburg, steam cars travelling at over 100 mph, electric taxis and wireless telephones. It is, in short, the nineteenth century as you have never before seen it; a steampunk extravaganza of anachronistic technology and unfamiliar gadgets. Imagine Europe spanned by a mechanical internet; a telecommunication system of clattering semaphore towers capable of transmitting information across the continent in a matter of minutes. Consider too, the fact that a steam plane the size of a modern airliner took off in England in 1894. Drawing entirely on contemporary sources, we see how little-known developments in technology have been used as the basis for so many steampunk narratives. From seminal novels such as The Difference Engine, through to the steampunk fantasy of Terry Pratchett's later works, this book shows that steampunk is at least as much solid fact as it is whimsical fiction.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 609.034 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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