Themes
The recurring obsessions
Steampunk returns to the same handful of ideas the way the tide returns to a harbour. These are the themes that run under the whole catalogue.
ThemeAirships in Steampunk
The genre’s favourite vehicle, and what an airship is really carrying besides passengers.
ThemeAutomata in Steampunk
Clockwork servants, brass minds and the awkward question of who counts as a person.
ThemeSteam Computers
Babbage engines, transaction engines and the Victorian information age that almost was.
ThemeEmpire, Class and Rebellion
Steampunk’s politics, from the polished surface of empire to the boiler room beneath.
ThemeVictorian London
The genre’s default capital: gaslight, fog, and a great deal of unspoken plumbing.
ThemeThe Global Steampunk Age
Mars, Seattle, frozen tundra and beyond. Steampunk well past its Victorian cradle.