as opposed to what is now being called Steampunk Prime (HG Wells, Jules Verne and their contemporaries).
2. started with "The Difference Engine" by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.
1. is distinguished as a sub-subgenre of Alternate History wherein technology is driven by steam and mechanical devices --- instead of electricity and solid state.
My own opinion as a bookseller. Lauretta@ConstellationBooks who is going back to read everyone else's definition now.
Modern steampunk
2. started with "The Difference Engine" by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.
1. is distinguished as a sub-subgenre of Alternate History wherein technology is driven by steam and mechanical devices --- instead of electricity and solid state.
My own opinion as a bookseller.
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks
who is going back to read everyone else's definition now.