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ilt’s been a while i came here, I read the mirroir visitor from C.Dabos, it’s amazing , it’s a french fantasy story (you can read those in english
. It s a mix i think between miyazaki s movies , a pride and prejudice relationship steampunk , court skeaming, magic , and so much more.
very sketchy
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this is the greatest steampunk monstrosity I’ve ever seen
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Alright. Here we go. (groans and sits) Aww, look at him settle into it! Oh, buddy. Yes! (in an old timey British accent) My good man, to the market! (joyous laughter; back to normal accent) This is amazing!
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Space Spiders, Lunatics, and Airships : Moon Voyage stories in Wilson Library
It’s a full moon tonight, so we thought that it would be a great time to feature our favorite moon voyage story in Wilson Library Special Collections–the only problem is, we couldn’t decide between these three amazing narratives! So we need your help, Tumblr followers! Read below, and help us decide which contender is the ultimate sci-fi adventure!
Contender 1: One of the earliest recorded moon voyage stories, Lucian’s “True History”was written in the second century AD in ancient Greece. This “true” history is filled with fantastic travel narratives, including the moon-voyage adventure in which a crew accidentally lands on the moon after their ship gets carried into the sky by an enormous gust of wind. The men then take part in a fantastic space battle between the alien armies of the sun and moon. (Bonus points: the space battle features giant spiders who spin web-bridges to lead their army across the sky).
Contender 2:A Trip to the Moon (1765) was written by sir Francis Gentleman under the very appropriate pseudonym, Humphrey Lunatic. In this story, Humphrey falls asleep in a beautiful grove and (much to his surprise) wakes up in the Lunar world. How does he get transported, you might ask? The pamphlets in Humphrey’s pockets (which were, apparently, originally conceived in the Lunar kingdom) attract a tractor-beam that pulls Humphrey up towards the moon. Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, this story is memorable both for its whimsy, and for its cutting social commentary. (Bonus points to Francis Gentleman for both his amazing pen name, and also for including an elaborate family lineage for the “Lunatic” family that includes an ancestor named Whimsical Lunatic, Esq.).
Contender 3: Last but not least, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfall” (1835) features a slightly more technologically advanced means of conveyance. In this story, the protagonist takes an airship to the moon. Not only is this story an interesting moon-voyage account in its own right, but in addition, it was in fact, originally created as a hoax. Shockingly, Poe’s tale was not the only moon hoax of 1835, but was second in renown to the “great moon hoax” of the same year. In this moon hoax, the New York Sun (a tabloid newspaper) published a series of articles on fake “celestial discoveries”–which included the discovery of a species of intelligent lunar bipedal beavers. (Bonus points to Poe for not only creating his moon-travel hoax, but also for dreaming up his 1844 balloon hoax–in which he convinced readers of the New York Sun that a man had crossed the Atlantic in just 3 days in a new form of airship).
Got opinions on which of these three is the best moon voyage story? Comment below to let us know your pick!
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Continuing with my previous post about Steampunk! Supernatural Au…
This Au, develops in a universe where the world has been divided into quite marked hierarchical strata, where humans either belong to the middle world or the “Earth”, or they end up unfortunately in the lower level or the “underworld”, which is where the “supernatural” creatures that the “angels” banished hundreds of years ago mostly reside. Which go up to the second level and murder people -there the work of the hunters lies-. Besides that, the barrier between the underworld and Earth is very unstable because when the angels did it, didn’t care about it at all, since it doesn’t affect them.
Angels live in the first world, or “heaven” which is basically a utopia where only they and the occasional human (with power or as a worker) can enter.
And well, here the angels are seen either as saviors or unattainable beings, or as selfish beings and obviously with an unjust privilege.
In this Au the wings of angels are visible. And well, Cas’s story goes more or less the same as in the Canon, but in here when he rebels against the heaven, angels captured him and as punishment they were going to burn his wings, and then throw him to the underworld to die, but Dean and Sam managed to rescue him with the power of the script and he only suffered damage on them. Although they were severely damaged, they could help him with the help of machinery.
(just clarifying, this that Im publishing at the moment are reposted, anyways, thank u for your support)
Edit: Dang, I did this in 2019…
(Podcast): Il Teslapunk
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hAZvs1IFEbmXlXGXFWSqk?si=3f950b68eb294d58
Prosegue l’analisi dei sottogeneri dello steampunk. O, per meglio dire, di tutte le varianti della fantascienza e del fantasy che hanno come suffisso -punk.Oggi tocca a un filone davvero piccolo e curioso, che è più chiacchierato che non praticato.Vi parlo dunque del Teslapunk.
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(Podcast) Il fantasy clockpunk
(Podcast) Il fantasy clockpunk
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1yPtK0DF9ft5TM9UjAIdZI?si=448273f4d7ec46ca
Tempo fa avevo dedicato una serie di articoli alla fantascienza e al fantasy con suffisso -punk. Non solo i celeberrimi cyberpunk e steampunk, bensì tutte le correnti minori, poco conosciute e molto misteriose (anche per chi se ne occupa).Ho deciso di trasformare alcuni di quegli articoli in puntate del podcast. Inizio…
I have alot of doodles I haven’t posted and they are all Cadenza lol
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Steampunk without commentary on the exploitative machinations of imperialism is not steampunk.
Cyberpunk without commentary on capitalism’s efforts to buy the world out from under us is not cyberpunk.
Solarpunk without commentary on how to grow a brighter future for everyone instead of submitting to gloom is not solarpunk.
These three make a trifecta of how capitalism took over, what can happen if it continues, and how to prevent it from doing so. What was, is, and still could be.
Just because it’s the end of the world doesn’t mean you can’t go to the beach
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