The steampunk bible
Subtitle: an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature
By: Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers
Contributors: Chambers, S. J.
Publisher: Abrams Image
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780810989580
Subjects: Steampunk fiction; History and criticism; Handbooks, manuals; Steampunk culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: An imaginary voyage to the past: steampunk origins in Victorian imagination and innovation; title: Clanking metal men, Baroque airships, and clockwork worlds; title: The fiction, illustrated narratives, and story behind the stories; title: From Forevertron to the Raygun rocketship and beyond: art, "making," craftsmanship, and aesthetic legitimacy; title: Hair stays, goggles, corsets, clockwork guitars, and imaginary airships:; title: Fashion, accessories, music, and the steampunk subculture; title: Magic lanterns, robot armies, giant tuning forks, and perambulating castles: steampunk movies and television; title: The future of steampunk: will clockwork gears, mechanical corsets, and dirigibles be enough?