Steampunk Users Manual

An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating

Jeff VanderMeer, Desirina Boskovich

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English

Harry N Abrams
01 November 2014

Fiction-related items; Popular culture; Alternative lifestyles; Other Film, TV & Media; Steampunk Sci-Fi

The Steampunk User's Manual features beautiful images and entertaining text about the incredibly popular Science Fiction subgenre that imagines future technology and fashion via a 19th century perspective and toolbox.

The Steampunk User's Manual provides a conceptual how-to guide across all aspects of Steampunk that motivates and awes both the armchair enthusiast and the committed creator. The idea here is to give readers points of reference that are both refreshingly down-to-earth and completely over-the-top--that utterly doable jewellery project juxtaposed with that stunningly crazy and jaw-dropping art installation.

The book features sections on fashion, art, crafts, music, large-scale installations, fiction, filmmaking, etc. By combining the functional and the delightfully out-there, The Steampunk User's Manual not only satisfies readers--it also entertains and inspires them at a very high level and provides an updated look at the world of Steampunk, which has already changed since the publication of The Steampunk Bible.

By: Jeff VanderMeer, Desirina Boskovich
Imprint: Harry N Abrams
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 261mm, Width: 186mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 910g
ISBN: 9781419708985
ISBN 10: 1419708988
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 November 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeff VanderMeer is the author of The Steampunk Bible and a three-time winner of the World Fantasy Award. His critically acclaimed fiction has been translated into twenty languages. VanderMeer's latest novel, Annihilation, was recently optioned by Paramout Pictures.

Reviews for Steampunk Users Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating

VanderMeer and co-editor Desirina Boskovich have packed their book with hands-on exercises and practical tips to help readers--steampunk fanatics and utter newbies alike--be more than passive consumers. -- Entertainment Weekly This is the follow-on companion volume to The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature. . . . Abrams is publishing this one, too, and it looks to be just as wonderfully produced and presented. -- SF Signal