4 thoughts on “Steampunk theory”

  1. David de Beer

    well, tbh, I’d put it as a continuation of the action adventure story, like Alan Quartermain kind of thing.

    if I had to choose between SF and F to place it, I’d say science fiction. Steampunk appears to have rules, and these rules need to make sense when applied in this world, same as skiffy. And unlike fantasy, where the premise is unrealistic in this world adn therefore only needs to make sense in its own world.

    not a genre I have much interest in, to be fair, so I don’t really know.

  2. Peter Cobcroft

    Depends on whether the steampunk stresses science or fantasy so is entirely dependant on the author’s preferences and the readers interpretation.

    Steampunk would be best described as a subcategory of Speculative Fiction, which includes both Science Fiction and Fantasy

  3. Michele

    I’m currently reading a steampunk fantasy…. but Stephen Hunt’s world includes both steampunk (such as steam-driven intelligent robots) and fantasy (magic and shape-changing).

  4. JGS

    Fantasy!* 🙂

    Science-Fiction, to me, has to have some sort of scientific plausibility. Often it’s based on future technologies that may or may not come to pass, but they at least have some grounding in our current understanding of science.

    Steampunk relies on technology that manifestly *doesn’t* do (in real life) what they have it do (e.g. giant steam-powered robots or whatever).**

    My $.02, subject to fluctuation as always.

    *Mostly… it kind of depends on the story and how they use it
    **[INSERT example here that forces me to backtrack and/or qualify the above statements]

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