The boundaries between Steampunk & Pulp are
pretty blurred, but on the whole I define Steampunk for
my webpage as anything set in the Nineteenth
Century, especially 1850-1900. I also tend to bracket
stuff that influenced Steampunk, especially real-life
scientists like Da Vinci who of course is waaaaaay
pre-Nineteenth Century. There is of course the earlier
nineteenth century novels of Welles, Conan Doyle and Verne
(especially Verne - I love Verne!) that I would include
within the Steampunk genre.<br><br>Anything between
about 1900 and 1960 I would call Pulp. This would
include the Mummy films, and more particularly the
Indiana Jones films that I've always considered
quintessentially pulp.<br><br>Remember - I'm speaking mainly from
a Film & TV perspective - my knowledge of either
genre in comic or novel form is very
limited.<br><br>What do others think?<br><br>Sarah xxx
I'll try to give a disertation on the difference between Steampunk and Pulp in a little bit, though it's certainly possible to have some crossover. Right now...
The boundaries between Steampunk & Pulp are pretty blurred, but on the whole I define Steampunk for my webpage as anything set in the Nineteenth Century,...
Steampunk has as much to do with it's attitude as it's setting. The thing that distingushes Steampunk from other stories that are set in or written in the ...
Excellent points, Dominic, and I agree with much of what you say, especially re: looking forward & back, but surely *both* Steampunk & modern pulp genres ...
I am currently researching for a story, and it would be helpful if other club members could provide me all of the vampire detectives, detectives connected to...
Just to add $0.02...<br><br>Victorian Steampunk tends to be set in the Victorian (1937-1901) and Edwardian (1901-1914) eras. Before that, in the time period ...
I think you meant *1837* - 1901 for Victorian era Cory!? ;-)<br><br>Cory added two cents, so, just to be British I'll add thrupence...<br><br>There's...
>>>I think you meant *1837* - 1901 for Victorian era Cory!? ;-)>>><br><br>Yes... yes I did...^_^<br><br>And yes, there is a Sailpunk. Some...
Well put, Dominic. This what I was getting at earlier. <br><br>Both genres owe a lot to H. Rider Haggard, A. Conan Doyle, Verne, Welles and other early writers...
Whoops, my original posting of this didn't go through. Here it is.<br><br>--dave<br><br><br>I would add that Pulp emphasizes the fantastic and heroic, Robert ...
Cool discussion. I'd simply add, as others have said, that the difference between steampunk and pulp is largely one of attitude. <br><br>Steampunk often...
I have also found the comparison between Pulp and Steampunk interesting. So being new to Steampunk can some one explain the differance between Steampunk and ...
>In my mind Steampunk is just a sub-genre of VSF, so you all agree?<br><br>Yes, to a point. Stories such as "The Time Machine" are works of Victorian SF ...
All I know about vampires and detectives is the short story "Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Sussex Vampire" by AC Doyle.<br>Note however that the term ...
I have to agree with Dominic just as well in that the Victorian SCience-fiction is essentially looking forward, while the modern steampunk is looking...
Check out Barbara Hambley's "Those Who Hunt the Night" it features Vampires and detectives in Victorian England. Ther is a sequel but I forget the name of it...
If you're looking outside of the steampunk genre as well, there are a few more options:<br><br>-- Fred Saberhagen's Dracula series, starting with "The ...
A good vampire detective series is written by P. N. Elrod, called "The Vampire Files". It is about a reporter in the roaring 20's who becomes a vampire and ...
>>>In my mind Steampunk is just a sub-genre of VSF, so you all agree?>>><br><br>Actually, not really. Victorian Science Fiction (or ...
I have read many attempts at defining what the Steampunk genre is.<br><br>I think Cory's is more accurate than most but notice in his explanation the edges...
>>>>This is a hobby for cripes' sake, not chemistry! The borders are allowed<br> to be a little fuzzy^_^>>><br><br>I agree - I like fuzzy!...
>Or in our case, it should include everything but Bachalo's comic^_^<br><br>Yeah, what is the deal with that?! :-) After joining this group recently and ...
Chris Bachalo gained fame in the comics world a few years back as the penciller of Marvel's "Generation X" and later "Uncanny X-Men" itself. His style took...
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