Why, I don't know, Calvin, How do you know if it is real steampunk or not?
BTW: Is "regular contributor" a euphamism for "talks to much?" Just tell me to shut up and I'll shut up. You know some people just keep talking and talking and talking and they never shut up, but not me, no sir! You tell me to shut up and I'll shut up, why one time I...
Don't worry about commenting too much. That can NEVER happen here at the Cave of Cool. I do the same to others both in and outside of my circle. I figure they HAVE to put up with me since they came here in the first place.
And I read your comment again. I thought you meant there were ways to tell the difference between steampunk and non steampunk like it was so close a genre or something...my bad.
Okay. I was there at the "invention" of steampunk, which some people regard as when William Gibson and Bruce Sterling collaborated on THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE. I remember William Gibson talking about Charles Babbage and his "difference engine" and how he and Sterling were writing a book about it.
Gibson disliked the "cyberpunk" label. He probably didn't care much more for the "steampunk" label either, but I find it to be a truly "cool" esthetic.
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6 comments:
I love the fact that there ARE steampunk outfits!
It my favorite design aesthetic. How do you know it is real steampunk or not M.D.?
Oh and thanks for being a regular contributor M.D.
Is this a riddle?
Why, I don't know, Calvin, How do you know if it is real steampunk or not?
BTW: Is "regular contributor" a euphamism for "talks to much?" Just tell me to shut up and I'll shut up. You know some people just keep talking and talking and talking and they never shut up, but not me, no sir! You tell me to shut up and I'll shut up, why one time I...
Don't worry about commenting too much. That can NEVER happen here at the Cave of Cool. I do the same to others both in and outside of my circle. I figure they HAVE to put up with me since they came here in the first place.
And I read your comment again. I thought you meant there were ways to tell the difference between steampunk and non steampunk like it was so close a genre or something...my bad.
Okay. I was there at the "invention" of steampunk, which some people regard as when William Gibson and Bruce Sterling collaborated on THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE. I remember William Gibson talking about Charles Babbage and his "difference engine" and how he and Sterling were writing a book about it.
Gibson disliked the "cyberpunk" label. He probably didn't care much more for the "steampunk" label either, but I find it to be a truly "cool" esthetic.
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