I just learned about Steampunk over the weekend. Well, actually, it's something that has interested me for years but I didn't know there was a name for it. The design concepts in Steampunk were things that I always have gravitated towards. Plus, I've been spending so much time researching turn of the century magic history that I feel like I'm in the Victorian age!
If you don't know what it is, I'll try and give you a definition but it's best to do a google search. Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s.[1] Specifically, steampunk involves an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century and often Victorian era Britain—that incorporates prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them; in other words, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc. This technology may include such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne or real technologies like the computer but developed earlier in an alternate history. (that very long description is from Wikipedia)
It's so ironic that I found there is a whole sub-culture devoted to Steampunk because my style of magic has been going in that direction for a while. Like I said I just had no idea there was a name for it. I've already adapted a few routines to this style. I don't think my whole act will go this way but it's fun to explore.
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