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The steampunk bible : an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature / Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers ; contributions from Desirina Boskovich ... [et al.].
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| Authors: |
VanderMeer, Jeff.
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| Call number: |
809.38766 VAN |
| Publisher: |
New York : Abrams Image, 2011. |
| Publication date: |
2011. |
| Subject: |
Steampunk fiction -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Steampunk culture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Title: |
The steampunk bible : an illustrated guide to the world of imaginary airships, corsets and goggles, mad scientists, and strange literature / Jeff VanderMeer with S. J. Chambers ; contributions from Desirina Boskovich ... [et al.]. |
| Physical description: |
224 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents note: |
Introduction -- An imaginary voyage to the past: steampunk origins in Victorian imagination and innovation -- Clanking metal men, Baroque airships, and clockwork worlds -- The fiction, illustrated narratives, and story behind the stories -- From Forevertron to the Raygun rocketship and beyond: art, "making," craftsmanship, and aesthetic legitimacy -- Hair stays, goggles, corsets, clockwork guitars, and imaginary airships: -- Fashion, accessories, music, and the steampunk subculture -- Magic lanterns, robot armies, giant tuning forks, and perambulating castles: steampunk movies and television -- The future of steampunk: will clockwork gears, mechanical corsets, and dirigibles be enough? -- Resources -- Index. |
| Biography note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Added author: |
Chambers, S. J.
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| ISBN: |
9780810989580 (alk. paper) :
0810989581 (alk. paper) |
| LCCN: |
2010032900 |
| Url for this record: |
http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1302528
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| Bib No.: |
1302528 |
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