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" The steampunk bible : "
Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers
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BL
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701395
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b523584
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| Main Entry
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VanderMeer, Jeff
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| Title & Author
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The steampunk bible : : an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature /\ Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers
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New York :: Abrams Image,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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224 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color) ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0810989581 (alk. paper)
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: 9780810989580 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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It's a clockwork universe, Victoria: measuring the critical mass of steampunk -- An imaginary voyage to the past: steampunk origins in Victorian imagination and innovation -- Clanking metal men, Baroque airships, and clockwork worlds: the fiction, illustrated narratives, and story behind the stories -- From Forevertron to the Raygun rocketship and beyond: "making," art, craftsmanship, and aesthetic legitimacy -- Hair stays, goggles, corsets, clockwork guitars, and imaginary airships: fashion, accessories, music, and the steampunk subculture -- Magic lanterns, robot armies, giant tuning forks, and perambulating castles: steampunk movies and television -- The future of steampunk: will clockwork gears, mechanical corsets, and dirigibles be enough?
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Discusses the steampunk movement in fiction, film, art, music, and fashion, tracing its history from Victorian science fiction novels and detailing its evolution into modern popular culture
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Counterculture, Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Fantasy fiction-- History and criticism, Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Steampunk culture, Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Steampunk fiction-- History and criticism, Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| Dewey Classification
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809.3/8766
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PN3448.S73V36 2011
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Chambers, S. J
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