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The god complex by chris titus6/30/2023 Like Rock and Roll, Steampunk is here to stay. Since then, the Steampunk awareness folks have realized many classic anachronistic science fiction conveniently fit into this genre. Jeter is credited with using “Steampunk” in the 1980s as a variant of cyberpunk (postmodern science fiction genre noted for its focus on high tech and low life). While some folks find that trivia interesting, you don’t have to know that to like Rock and Roll music. As early as 1942, the term was used in Billboard magazine to describe Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s Rock Me recording. He does this and everybody yells.”Įlvis didn’t invent Rock and Roll. Not everyone of the 60 million watching understood Elvis when he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956.Įd Sullivan said, “I can’t figure this darn thing out. The key element of Steampunk is anachronism.Īnachronism is an perceptional error in chronology, especially a misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other. Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, traditionally featuring steam-powered machinery–as in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen–but not always as in Back to the Future.
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