Definitions
A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society.
Word origin
From steam + -punk, by analogy with cyberpunk, coined by science-fiction writer Kevin Wayne Jeter (born 1950) in a 1987 letter to the magazine Locus in response to a review of his book Infernal Devices published the same year (see the quotation below).
Used in a sentence
“There's railroad trains, a lot of steam-driven stuff, but that's about it. More ‘steam punk’, I suppose.”
“The [Arboath North Signal Box] locking room's collection of chains, pulleys and wires resembles the inside of a piano, stretching to the 72-levered frame above. Lovers of steampunk will find it especially pleasing.”
“It wound up being an overwhelmingly positive experience that made me appreciate the steampunks around me even more.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Victorian sci-fi style”9 letters
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