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A subgenre of science fiction that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.
Steampunk crystallized in the 1980s-90s as a speculative fiction subculture imagining a Victorian world powered by steam technology. Influenced by the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, it merges 19th-century industrial aesthetics with retro-futuristic invention, becoming a full lifestyle movement with conventions, art, and fashion.
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