Who writes steampunk?
The major contributors to the steampunk sub-genre are Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates), James Blaylock (Homunculus), K.W. Jeter (Morlock Night and Infernal Devices), William Gibson and Bruce Sterling’s (The Difference Engine), as well as others. Pre-steampunk influences are H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and Mary Shelley. A current popular steampunk writers is Phillip Pullman (His Dark Materials). K.W. Jeter’s Morlock is considered by some to be the first true steampunk work. What is steampunk? A term most likely coined by genre-author, K.W. Jeter to describe his and others’ work, Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction and speculative fiction often featuring fantasy elements. It is an aesthetic in which the work is set in an era or world that uses steam as its primary source of power. Often this time period is the 19th century. Another form of steampunk is an alternate history in which steam power and mechanical devices developed instead of electricity. When did steampunk emerg
