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  2. Steampunk - Wikipedia

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    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., a 1993 Fox Network TV science fiction-Western set in the 1890s, features elements of steampunk as represented by the character Professor Wickwire, whose inventions were described as "the coming thing". [136]

  3. List of steampunk works - Wikipedia

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    Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world wherein steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions ...

  4. Cyberpunk derivatives - Wikipedia

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    Steampunk author Sara M. Harvey made the distinction that decopunk is "shinier than dieselpunk;" more specifically, dieselpunk is "a gritty version of steampunk set in the 1920s–1950s" (i.e., the war eras), whereas decopunk "is the sleek, shiny very art deco version; same time period, but everything is chrome!" [39]

  5. Steampunk fashion - Wikipedia

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    Example of steampunk fashion. Steampunk fashion is a subgenre of the steampunk movement in science fiction. It is a mixture of the Victorian era's romantic view of science in literature and elements from the Industrial Revolution in Europe during the 1800s. Steampunk fashion consists of clothing, hairstyling, jewellery, body modification and ...

  6. List of African-American inventors and scientists - Wikipedia

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    Invented chair with sliding skin (2004) and the quantitative display apparatus (2005) [23] [24] [25] Benjamin, Miriam: 1861–1947 Inventor, educator Invented "Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels"; second African-American woman to receive a patent [26] Berry, Leonidas: 1902–1995 Gastroenterologist: Gastroscope pioneer [27] Bharucha-Reid, Albert ...

  7. A Brief History of Black Designers and Couture - AOL

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  8. Retrofuturism - Wikipedia

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    The term "steampunk" was among [16] [17] the early subgenres recognized, emerging in the late 1980s. It presents a generally more optimistic and brighter outlook compared to cyberpunk. Steampunk is typically set in an alternate history closely resembling our own from the late 18th century, particularly the Regency era onwards, up to ...

  9. The Difference Engine - Wikipedia

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    The action of the story follows Sybil Gerard, a political courtesan and daughter of an executed Luddite leader; Edward "Leviathan" Mallory, a paleontologist and explorer; and Laurence Oliphant, a historical figure who, as is portrayed in the book, was a travel writer whose work was a cover for espionage activities "undertaken in the service of Her Majesty". [2]