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| As a continuing play on the cyber/steam-punk naming convention, there have been a handful of divergent terms based on the general concepts of steampunk. A prominent example is '''sandalpunk''', which posits a world in which ancient civilization never collapsed and instead saw rapid technological advancement after a few key discoveries are made or developed into industrial technologies, such as ]'s steam engine, built around ] or the ]. An example of this subgenre is '']'' (''Other Songs'') by ], as well as ] and ]'s '']''. | As a continuing play on the cyber/steam-punk naming convention, there have been a handful of divergent terms based on the general concepts of steampunk. A prominent example is '''sandalpunk''', which posits a world in which ancient civilization never collapsed and instead saw rapid technological advancement after a few key discoveries are made or developed into industrial technologies, such as ]'s steam engine, built around ] or the ]. An example of this subgenre is '']'' (''Other Songs'') by ], as well as ] and ]'s '']''. | ||
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- This article is about literary genres named after the punk movement. For literature produced by the punk movement, see punk literature.
The suffix -punk appears in the names of a number of genres of speculative fiction. Other genres without the suffix may also be related.
- - set in the present or in a future time (occasionally in a secret history as in BioShock), where genetics have advanced significantly
- - set in a futuristic (usually dystopic), highly technological world
- Mannerpunk (or subgenres Elfpunk and Mythpunk)
- - themes relating to the comedy of manners and high fantasy fiction
- - themes relating to horror fiction
- - set during an alternative or secret history Victorian era, English Regency, Industrial Revolution or Edwardian period or else highly reminiscent of them
- - set in the past (occasionally in a secret history as in The Flintstones), where stone tools have advanced significantly and man has harnessed the power of dinosaurs
- - set in the not-too-distant future where the cannabis drug culture is in an ongoing battle against corrupt government. DARE robots and weed bars with built-in police deterrents (such as a membership or contract) are common themes.
As a continuing play on the cyber/steam-punk naming convention, there have been a handful of divergent terms based on the general concepts of steampunk. A prominent example is sandalpunk, which posits a world in which ancient civilization never collapsed and instead saw rapid technological advancement after a few key discoveries are made or developed into industrial technologies, such as Hero of Alexandria's steam engine, built around 130 BC or the Antikythera mechanism. An example of this subgenre is Inne piesni (Other Songs) by Jacek Dukaj, as well as Rintaro and Peter Chung's Reign: The Conqueror.
GURPS Steampunk also introduced several other variations on the steampunk theme, including timepunk—a general term covering any historical variation on steampunk— or more specifically, bronzepunk (set in an advanced Bronze Age) and stonepunk (set in the Stone Age, as seen in The Flintstones), ironpunk (set in an advanced Iron Age). Dieselpunk (e.g. Sky Captain or Aaron Allston's Doc Sidhe) was made known by Children of the Sun RPG
Note that there are other several 'unofficial' and little-documented categories, often improvisingly invented by readers. Such names include Spacepunk (e.g. Flash Gordon), Clockpunk (advanced Renaissance technology, such as in Paul McCauley's Pasquale's Angel, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, or Jay Lake's Mainspring) etc.
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