Up first, Cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk:
A dystopian sub genre that usually highlights
1) A conflict between A.I 's, hackers or megacorperations
2) A anti-hero
3) A setting which has high technology but a low quality of life.
4) A break son in the social order.
5) And obviously a lot of technology that is not used as the creator originally intended it to be used.
A dystopian sub genre that usually highlights
1) A conflict between A.I 's, hackers or megacorperations
2) A anti-hero
3) A setting which has high technology but a low quality of life.
4) A break son in the social order.
5) And obviously a lot of technology that is not used as the creator originally intended it to be used.
Origin:
Created as a sub genre of science fiction.
It was made famous by authors like Issac Asimov, Piers Anthony and William Gibson.
Created as a sub genre of science fiction.
It was made famous by authors like Issac Asimov, Piers Anthony and William Gibson.
Cyberpunk examples:
A.I - Issac Asimov
Enders game- Scott Card
The Matrix
The Hunger games - Suzanne Collins
1984- George Orwell
A.I - Issac Asimov
Enders game- Scott Card
The Matrix
The Hunger games - Suzanne Collins
1984- George Orwell
Elf Punk!
Elfpunk takes Elves and the other creatures of Faerie and throws them into a contemporary story (most usually in a urban setting but the genre is not relegated to an urban setting, unlike urban fantasy which is). These stories are often dark and gritty and may feature rock bands, car racing, or motorcycles.
Elfpunk is commonly confused with urban fantasy, the difference between the two is that a elfpunk work uses creatures that have already been made up whereas urban fantasy features creatures that the author has made up.
Elfpunk examples:
Any of the Spiderwick Chronicals books- Holly Black
Tithe-Holly Black
The Good Nieghbors- Holly Black (again)
Gossamer Axe-Gael Baudino
War for the Oaks- Emma Bull
Any of the Spiderwick Chronicals books- Holly Black
Tithe-Holly Black
The Good Nieghbors- Holly Black (again)
Gossamer Axe-Gael Baudino
War for the Oaks- Emma Bull
As of late elfpunk has become a bit of a fashion. The look sports natural tones and a nature theme.
I really (really) want this jacket, it (as Mrs. Gillette would say) is totes amaze.
Steampunk (woot woot)
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery,[1] especially in a setting inspired by industrialized Western civilization during the 19th century. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the 19th century's British Victorian era or American "Wild West", in a post-apocalyptic future during which steam power has regained mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power.
Steampunk also refers to any of the artistic styles, clothing fashions, or subcultures, that have developed from the aesthetics of steampunk fiction, Victorian-era fiction, art nouveau design, and films from the mid-20th century.[2] Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk
Examples of Steampunk:
Fullmetal Alchemist-Hiromu Arakawa
Cherie Priest Boneshaker
Scott Westerfeld Behemoth
Alan Moore &
Kevin O'Neill The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Golden Compass
Fullmetal Alchemist-Hiromu Arakawa
Cherie Priest Boneshaker
Scott Westerfeld Behemoth
Alan Moore &
Kevin O'Neill The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Golden Compass
Steam punk origin
Although many works now considered seminal to the genre were published in the 1960s and 1970s, the term steampunk originated in the late 1980s as a tongue in cheek variant of cyberpunk. It seems to have been coined by science fiction author K. W. Jeter, who was trying to find a general term for works by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, 1983); James Blaylock (Homunculus, 1986); and himself (Morlock Night, 1979, and Infernal Devices, 1987)—all of which took place in a 19th-century (usually Victorian) setting and imitated conventions of such actual Victorian speculative fiction as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine.
Although many works now considered seminal to the genre were published in the 1960s and 1970s, the term steampunk originated in the late 1980s as a tongue in cheek variant of cyberpunk. It seems to have been coined by science fiction author K. W. Jeter, who was trying to find a general term for works by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, 1983); James Blaylock (Homunculus, 1986); and himself (Morlock Night, 1979, and Infernal Devices, 1987)—all of which took place in a 19th-century (usually Victorian) setting and imitated conventions of such actual Victorian speculative fiction as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine.
Steampunk has likewise become a bit of a fashion movement. It's themes revolve around victorian fashion mixed with lots of cogs and gears. It is pretty niffty.