different between steampunk vs dieselpunk

English

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?sti?mp??k/
• Hyphenation: steam?punk

Noun

steampunk (countable and uncountable, plural steampunks)

1. (uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.
2. (countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.
3. (countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

Derived terms

• steampunker
• steampunkish
• steampunky

Translations

Verb

steampunk (third-person singular simple present steampunks, present participle steampunking, simple past and past participle steampunked)

1. (transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007) , “steampunk”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 221
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “steampunk n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. (genre)
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “steampunk n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction. (writer)

Further reading

• steampunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English steampunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sti?mpa?k]
• Hyphenation: steam?punk

Noun

steampunk m inan

1. (singular only) steampunk, a subgenre of science fiction

Declension

Derived terms

• steampunkový

Related terms

• kyberpank, kyberpunk
• pank, punk
• panká?
• pankový, punkový

Further reading

steampunk on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English steampunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sti?mpa??k]
• Hyphenation: steam?punk
• Rhymes: -a??k

Noun

steampunk (uncountable)

1. steampunk (subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th-century society)

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From English steampunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stim.pank/

Noun

steampunk m inan

1. (literature) steampunk (sci-fi subgenre)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) steampunkowy

Further reading

• steampunk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• steampunk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

diesel +? -punk

Noun

dieselpunk (uncountable)

1. A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the “diesel era” by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
   • 2002, November 20, Charlie Stross, "Re: What "steampunk" genre?", in rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet:

     In other words, steampunk explores adjustment to an industrial culture from the opposite direction to cyberpunk -- but has very much the same agenda. Me, I'm trying to write dieselpunk ...

   • 2007, Sean Demory, quoted in Brian McTavish, "Kansas City writer, artist publish digital comic book for cell phones", in The Kansas City Star, 2007 July 25, page F3:

     […] post-apocalyptic dieselpunk action adventure […]

   • 2010 March 19, Teresa Lott, "Re: I hate steampunk...", in rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet:

     BioShock isn't steampunk, it's dieselpunk.

Related terms

• steampunk

See also

• dieselpunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia