1. Steampunk
Steampunk is a subgenre
of speculative fiction,
usually set in an
anachronistic Victorian or
quasi-Victorian alternate
history setting. It could
be described by the
slogan "What the past
would look like if the
future had happened
sooner." It includes
fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes. Steampunk is
influenced by, and often adopts the style of, the 19th-century scientific romances
of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Mary Shelley.
Steampunk may also, though not necessarily,
incorporate additional elements from the genres
of fantasy, horror, historical fiction, alternate
history, or other branches of speculative fiction,
making it often a hybrid genre. The term
Steampunk originated during the 1980s and
early 1990s, though now retroactively refers to
many works of fiction created even as far back
as the 19th century itself.
“Steampunk is what happens when Goths discover brown.”
– Jess Nevins