Works of fiction have always been prevalent in pop culture, fueling our imaginations and filling our lives with a sense of adventure. Over the past few decades, the steampunk genre has been gaining popularity among writers, filmmakers, costumers, and other hobbyists. But what is steampunk?
Steampunk reimagines the Victorian time period and culture as science fiction. The industrialized 19th century saw the rise of mechanized manufacturing and increasing urbanization. Steampunk expands on this notion by imagining more modern technologies in the steam-powered setting of the Victorian age. Steam engines are used in new forms of mass transit like airships, and other machinery drives advances in science and business.
Within the steampunk genre, you’ll see characters like aviators, mechanics, explorers, monster hunters, military figures, gunslingers, and aristocrats. These archetypes are generally seen wearing period clothing, with the addition of steam-powered gadgetry. For instance, you might find an explorer who wears a mechanical prosthetic leg or a scientist who wears a mechanized magnifying headset. These characters inhabit a futuristic version of our actual history. The appeal of steampunk is wide-ranging—from those who enjoy the clothing of the Victorian period to those who are drawn to the genre’s reimagining of modern technologies within the confines of 19th century machinery.
Want a better taste of what steampunk embodies? Watch our video—featuring the Angels and Demons Steampunk Series—to see the genre’s aesthetics.
If you enjoyed that, perhaps you’d like to win a FREE silver round from the series!
Tell us about your favorite genre—whether books, movies, TV shows, or comics—to enter our giveaway. Commenting below will serve as your entry for our April giveaway. But remember to keep it classy; inappropriate comments will be deleted and disqualified. Submit your comment (one comment only please) by April 22, 2018. One winner will be randomly selected on April 23, 2018 to receive a Madelyn 1 oz vintage silver round from the Angels and Demons Steampunk series.
Good luck to all of our entrants!
sci-fi and action
Steampunk has been a new favorite of mine ever since I have been following the community on Facebook. Love those rounds.
A big fan of movies my favorite movie is would be fantasy movies. Star Wars Lord of the Rings Harry Potter all the good stuff.
Anything to do with Celtic Legends
Tuatha De Danann
The Matrix or The God Father
Really like The Egyptian Gods series. Very beautiful and well done!!
I’m an escapist when it comes to my favorite storytelling. Swords & Sorcery and mythology are my favorites.
Conspiracy fact
I like sci-fi and history
Comics, sci fi, horror, fantasy. Complete nerd here!
Love historical programs!
Medieval movies, Robin Hood, Braveheart etc
I love historical movies! Starting with Egyptian Pharaohs, the Roman Empire, the dark ages, Middle Ages, the birth of America, Growth from immigrant migration including the old west!!
very difficult to choose only one…have been very impressed with the many designs you’ve presented to date.
Ancient history; Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Vikings, etc.
You have to know your past, in order to seek your future.
Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing…….
Heavy Metal spirited away Neon Genisis just to name a few are classic but best in my book
I would say fantasy in the style of J.R.R. Tolkien would top my list both in book and film form.
Hard sci-fi, all day.
Definitely fantasy and sci-fi 🙂
Distopia is all great. A 1984 type we are watching you seems fitting.
Love reading high fantasy, stuff that involves other worlds and reincarnation in fantasy world’s they call it isekai in japan
It’s all about 80’s fantasy movies. THe Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Princess Bride. Also 90’s animation – Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Vampire Hunter D, Ninja Scroll!
Watched the video it had some interesting caricatures that are neat. The coin is quite a stunner, like it alot.
My favorite genre is movies, since I also love reading screenplays. Movies have more of an ability to express emotion and this enables the audience to connect with the characters.
Action and adventure
“SUPERNATURAL” – I love getting home from school and picking up were I left off in “SUPERNATURAL”, whatever episode it may be. I like all the characters & the roles the play. I must have watched “SUPERNATURAL” on Netflix from beginning to end, I would say, 20 times.
Love Sci-Fi They should make a (lost in space ) round. Good luck to everybody
A great story is a treasure, regardless of the genre and, as every True Reader knows, a fulfilling escape, complete with relate-able characters and a truly compelling story. I’ll read or watch anything like that but my personal favor tends toward science & fiction. Please, don’t snicker… Growing up in the 60’s, my dream was that the advance of technology would bring us All to a better, more peaceful place (think: The Jetsons) and truly, a portion of these advances has brought a portion of us closer together with a more “global community” perspective. Of course, growing up, I was too naive to realize that with every human endeavor, there is always a Yin and a Yang and the Very Best stories always include a balance of light and darkness, the abused, the abusers and the heroes.
American history, especially the Civil War.
I like the Steampunk Angels in the Angels/Demons series in silver. Got my lady a set for her birthday, April 9th. The matching #s sets weren’t yet available when I purchased them. I enjoyed seeing Louvenia and Rosamond with the glider and wrench they were depicted with…epidomy of the Steampunk movement. She loved them by the way. She is an avid Sifi reader.
I love astronomy and chemistry books, movies and documentaries that cover new discoveries in the universe.