Moving Pictures - Lantern City

Currently in development is Lantern City, an upcoming steampunk television show.

Their claim is 'Lantern City highlights the steampunk genre to create a one-of-a-kind television experience. Other properties have had Steampunk elements, but this is the first mainstream television show to proudly wear the label of Steampunk. Current fans of the subgenre will not be disappointed and it will attract a much wider audience to the long neglected world of Steampunk. The show is unique in that it allows viewers to be involved in the process – a first for any television show.'

It is being produced by Bruce Boxleitner (Tron & Babylon 5),  and so far has announced Raphael Sbarge, (Once upon a Time & Mass Effect), Mira Furlan (Lost & Babylon 5), and John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones & Lord of the Rings) as cast members.

It has a Pinterest page, Facebook page and forums where people are encouraged to make suggestions for the show.

Early conceptual art looks impressive.  I look forward to see how it turns out.

What is Steampunk - Part the Third

In a further effort to understand the Steampunk genre and culture, I would highly recommend this article written by G. D. Falksen.

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Further to the recent menion of Ada Lovelace, I stumbled upon a webcomic called 2D Goggles or The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, which, surprisingly, contains Ada Lovelace.

Very much a steampunk style story, it features Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage in a highly irregular webcomic* where the dynamic duo fight crime**.

Also features a supporting cast of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Wellington, and the Duke of Wellington's horse, Copehagen.

Oh, and the Difference Engine***





* With footnotes

** For a given value of crime, where crime equals street musicians or poetry.

*** The Analytical Engine actually.  One the size of a building.

Moving Pictures - Steampunk Transformer

The Transformers landed in modern times and took on the appearance of modern vehicles - but what if they didn't?  What if they landed in, say, steampunk Victorian times?

They may have ended up looking something like this.

Many Felicitations Ada Lovelace

Today, December 10th, marks 197 years since the borth of Ausgusta Ada King, better known as Ada Lovelace.  The estranged daughter of the poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace is by some considered the first computer programmer, and features in a number of steampunk works.

Ada Lovelace's designation as the first computer programmer came as a result of work she did for Charle's Babbage's unfinished Analytical Engine.  It would have been the world's first mechanical computer and Ada Lovelace wrote an algorithim that could have been used on it, though obviously it never got used.

With her father the notorious Lord Byron and her role in the borth of computing, Ada Lovelace is a quintessential steampunk heroine.

Steampunk Gifts for the Holidays

Over on Pinterest, a kind soul had collated a display of steampunk items availabe for purchase, should you feel so inclined, for the holiday season.  There are a large array of items, from books to costumes and accouterments.

Sword in the Stone Crafts

Here is another example of the steampunk craft - Sword in the Stone Crafts. They have available for your purchase leather bound journals, monogoggles and USB thumbdrives, all done in the steampunk aesthetic.

Steampunk Art and Craft

Steampunk arts and crafts cover a wide range of materials, as varied and wide ranging as their creator's minds can imagine. Here are a short collection of examples.

Jordan, B. (n.d.) Steampunk Iron Man (1 of 2). [online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/6149769086/in/photostream/ [Accessed: 5 Dec 2012].

Flickr (n.d.) Steampunk... mosquito repellent light?. [online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25968780@N03/4353237186/ [Accessed: 5 Dec 2012].

Jordan, B. (n.d.) Black Widow Steampunk Chopper. [online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/5609057603/in/photostream/ [Accessed: 5 Dec 2012].

Goldbach, B. (n.d.) Steampunk Ocular. [online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/3992836156/ [Accessed: 5 Dec 2012].

Von Slatt, J. (n.d.) Steampunk-Home-ModVic (11). [online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16307058@N00/4168328044/ [Accessed: 5 Dec 2012].

Von Slatt, J. (n.d.) Steampunk-Home-ModVic (19). [online] Available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16307058@N00/4168316436/in/set-72157622958157204/ [Accessed: 5 Dec 2012].

Moving Pictures - What is Steampunk?

To show some of the various views on what steampunk is, the following moving pictures are presented for your perusal.

Steampunk on Goodreads

To list all the books written in the steampunk genre would take some doing. Fortunately for us such an undertaking has already been done. Goodreads has a page devoted to steampunk. It is not simply a collection of books, but also lists new releases, giveaways, groups, lists and the most popular titles.