Maeve Alpin & Baroness Violet von Mickelsburgamp at Comicpalooza Earlier this year at Comicpalooza in Houston I presented a panel on Steampunk Egyptology, discussing mummies and the Victorians. Like we, modern men and women, are mad for zombies, Victorians were crazy about mummies. The whole revenge of the mummy premise was theirs. No myth … Continue reading Steampunk Egyptology
Steampunk and Chocolate go together like tea and scones. After all modern chocolate was created in the Victorian era and steam power made the first mass production of chocolate possible. Not to mention when I think of chocolate factories, I think of Willie Wonka, which has a steampunk vibe. I set up a Steampunk event … Continue reading Steampunk And The Chocolate Factory
Steampunk and Chocolate go together like tea and scones. After all modern chocolate was created in the Victorian era and steam power made the first mass production of chocolate possible. Not to mention when I think of chocolate factories, I think of Willie Wonka, which has a steampunk vibe. I set up a Steampunk event … Continue reading Steampunk and the Chocolate Factory
In writing Steampunk, which can be referred to as historical sci-fi, we have the advantage of living about a hundred years into the future of the time period our books are set in. Though we have to research science, mechanics, and history for our stories, we have leeway in knowing more about the future than … Continue reading Predecting The Future
One of the greatest things about the Steampunk community is they make treasure from trash. At a con panel on Steampunk Show and Tell, I saw and heard some examples of costuming accessories made from trash or garage sale finds. Pictured here, Steampunk Riffleman holds his creation fashioned from an old BB gun and a … Continue reading Make It Work, Steampunk Style by Maeve Alpin
Airships and Trains weren’t the only steam powered transportation the Victorians used, steam driven ships were a big part of the era. Keep in mind the nautical theme of one of the, if not the, most famous Victorian sci-fi books, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Perhaps the greatest historical steamship episode of the … Continue reading Nautical Steampunk by Maeve Alpin
Maeve Alpin & Baroness Violet von Mickelsburgamp at Comicpalooza At Comicpalooza in Houston I presented a panel on Steampunk Egyptology, discussing mummies and the Victorians. Like we, modern men and women, are mad for zombies, Victorians were crazy about mummies. The whole revenge of the mummy premise was theirs. No myth or tales exist in … Continue reading Steampunk Egyptology
The Regency, Victorian, and Edwardian eras were a great time for world exploration and adventure. For Steampunk writers those explorations make for wonderful adventures for our books. The South andNorth Pole conjure up visions of all types of dangerous adventure. Not only was the famed Norwegian polar explorer, Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole but he also was the first … Continue reading Lost Cities and Unexplored Lands by Maeve Alpin
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