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Review: Steampunk LEGO

By ⋅ December 1, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

In the 1980’s, Steampunk was developed as a reaction to the growing Cyberpunk movement. Rather than the dystopian future fiction that was being developed, a reactionary fiction wherein the Industrial Revolution never came to pass and culture became stuck in the Victorian Era and all machines were steam powered. With time, the Steampunk movement grew and art and costumers created their own interpretations, including LEGO builders. In the new book Steampunk LEGO, Guy Himber shows off some of the Steampunk LEGO creations.

Review: Android Karenina

By ⋅ June 7, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Leo Tolstoy’s classic story of romance in 19th century Russia has received an upgrade to a classic steampunk novel courtesy of Quirk Books. No longer content limiting themselves to the works of Jane Austin, robots have been added to Anna Karenina to create Android Karenina, their latest literary mashup.

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