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Publication Name
The Real World of Victorian Steampunk
Title
The Real World of Victorian Steampunk
Subtitle
Steam Planes and Radiophones
EAN
9781526732859
ISBN
9781526732859
Release Year
2019
Release Date
03/06/2019
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Height
234mm
Publication Year
2019
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Real World of Victorian Steampunk : Steam Planes and Radiophones
Author
Simon Webb
Item Length
9.5in
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History, Social Science
Topic
Sociology / General, Inventions, Europe / Great Britain / General
Item Width
6in
Number of Pages
168 Pages

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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 airplanes, fax machines linking Moscow and St Petersburg, steam cars traveling 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.

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Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1526732858
ISBN-13
9781526732859
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038537075

Product Key Features

Book Title
Real World of Victorian Steampunk : Steam Planes and Radiophones
Author
Simon Webb
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Inventions, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
168 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Width
6in

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hm646
Copyright Date
2019
Dewey Decimal
306.109034
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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