tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41201697654959875382011-12-13T04:36:04.654-08:00An off-shoot of my main blog, this is a repository of art, fiction, and other creations of the steampunk world and retro-future.Dr Damon Molinariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718332670459688728noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120169765495987538.post-943535500027580702010-09-21T08:01:00.001-07:002010-09-21T08:12:29.631-07:00

Ok, I know - it's been ages since my last post here. Months, in fact, if the digitial chronometer is to be believed, although I'm sure it's on the blink. Seriously, I seem to have skipped an entire season. Once I get the temporal displacement translocator sorted out, I'll nip back and post up, so there's not such a huge gap...So, upcoming things to post about - the fabulous new BBC re-imagining

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And so, steampunk ventures deeper into the world of comics.I have spoken before of the joys of Freakangels, which continues its weekly update every Friday - currently, figures from the past are causing ruckus in Whitechapel as the rain pours. If you've not experienced that Friday feeling, get over to Warren Ellis's site! Previously, Mr Ellis brought us the magnificent Ministry of Space, which

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I really should come up with a proper title for these updates on steampunk fiction on the web. Anyway, about time we had another rummage around the aethernet for new fiction and new authors.First up - kids, look away now! - and akin to the wonderfully titled Steamypunk (being the fanciful erotica of a steampunk world) - is the new Like a Corset Undone for those who like their punk very steamy

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Yes indeed! After years of anticipation and frustration, finally, the first Warhammer 40,000 movie - Ultramarines - is in production.Games Workshop (GW) first produced the table-top miniature wargame fantasy version of Warhammer back in the 1980s, creating a futuristic version - Warhammer 40,000 or WH40K - in 1987 (based upon an idea for a Rogue Trader game, which became incorporated into the

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Those who have inadvertently wandered up this cul-de-sac of the aetherweb previously may have seen the posting upon the marvellously exciting prospect of Steampunk - the Movie.Those of you present on Facebook may be interested to know that the production team have a page which is well worth visiting. As the movie's homepage illustrates, the intial footage is promising, although the page itself is

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With many thanks (I think!) to Erasmus, lamentably it looks like the plug has been pulled on Disney's new 20,000 Leagues under the Sea: Captain Nemo movie. With $10m already spent, and locations and sets about to be built, this seems a bizarre move by new Disney chief Rich Ross.The new movie was originally to be fast-tracked for release in 2010, although this was later revised to 2012. A

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With many thanks to 'yousibtube' for bringing this to the wider world's attention, the genius of the Russian actor's group "Big Difference" (Bolshaya Raznitsa / Большая Разница) has finally come to my attention.The group specialise in parodies of famour shows and films on Russian television, and Matrix 1905" presents a fine piece of their work, wonderfully crafted, and drawing upon key elements

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Ah, academics! Tucked away in their Ivory Towers, the world passing them by in their blissful ignorance. At least, that is the perception which prevails. As an academic myself, my approach towards steampunk is naturally through academic goggles, as it were. As you may be aware, I try to do things a little differently here, and bring academic ventures into steampunk out of the shadows and into the

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Forty-Two. Forever indelibly moulded into my brain-waves, this seemingly insignificant number provides the key to a wonderfully irreverant dystopian vision of the present day. Why 42? Well, quite simply, author Douglas Adams believed it to be the funniest number.12 October 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of thepublication of the book The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (or H2G2), and sees the

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little more mainstream than usual, but I can hardly contain my excitement!Quite possible "one of the best things I've ever done" according to its creator, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will blast across the silver screen very shortly indeed.The death of its star, Heath Ledger, has been a mere stumbling block for the genius that is Terry Gilliam. Rather, the main protagonist, in a move which

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The latest installement of the brilliantly exceptional Gatehouse Gazette is available for download - for FREE - here in pdf format.The Gatehouse Gazette, produced by Mr Nick Ottens, showcases the wide diversity of talents demonstrated by denizens of the Gatehouse's Smoking Lounge and their steampunk friends.The latest edition, as the year turns rapidly towards the gloom brought with the annual

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Time, yet again, for another trawl through the Aether, dragging the Net of Perspicacity behind the dirigable, searching for unknown or esoteric authors of steampunk.Tucked away in the podsphere is this marvellous site, founded in the middle of last year. An absolute diamond, under creative-commons, Steampod is a podcasting site which includes audio stories and interviews, including with Natania

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A new art competition, specifically focussed upon steampunk, has just been announced. Organised by Steam Gear Lab and GameX, submission date is 10 October 2009, with the winners being announced on 20 October 2009. The prizes are quite phenomenal, and include a 21.5-inch Alienware OptX™ HD Display, a DigiCel FlipBook, a Cintiq 12WX, and an Intuos4.Come one, come all! GameX is proud to announce its

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An interesting new blog has appeared very recently, bridging the gap between the blogosphere and audio-visual reviews.Brass and Brown Leather aims to be a different kind of blog, produced by the Lady Victoria, "steampunk aristocrat and the creator of Steampunk Reviews" on YouTube. Her reviews seek to bring steampunk to the masses, and cover films, books, clothing, and everything across the steamy

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To my unending shame, I realise that I have been remiss in my explorations. I return from a sojourn into the hinterland with news that many have already made the journey to the Obscure Cities.A series of graphic novels originating in Belgium, the Urbicande is a long-running project by the genii Francois Buiton and Benoit Peeters which explores the wonderful societies of the architecturally unique

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Two excitingly new sites hove into view through the Clouds, semaphoring madly, both featuring new steampunk writing! The first is a new blog, by Ms C Taylor, of New England, USA. She started writing several years ago and hasn't stopped, recently starting a new blog - http://asteampunkreverie.blogspot.com/ - dedicated to steampunk, writing in general, and writing in the steampunk genre.Ms Taylor

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It is with very great pleasure that we present (finally!) the adventure of Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium. Long in development by Robert Rodgers, Arcadia Snips has ventured into the light of day after much hard work. This is a great work, and I loved the initial manuscripts. Those who have seen deVorn in the various steampunk online forums over the past year will be aware of Arcadia!

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Another dip into the aether in search of online steampunk fiction brings another batch of authors into the dazzlingly bright light of scrutiny!Natania Barron may already be known to some 'punks and 'punkettes out there as the author of the Aldersgate Cycle set in a fantasy steampunk world. As she is no stranger to the aether, you may also listen to her read her The Aldersgate and subscribe to the

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Continuing the aim to bring new and interesting, but little known, areas of steampunk fiction and art into the light, two 'new-to-me' tales emerged through the cloud as I flittered through the aethernet this morning.The first is The Tales of the Inventor's War, the story of individuals involved in a world changing war, triggered by the sciences discovered decades earlier. Written by aspiring

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Steampunks and Steampunkettes, afficionados of neo-Victorian visions of the future, alternative history enthusiasts will be all be aware of the place which such imaginings have within the wonderful world of the Silver Screen.Mainstream blockbusters have increasingly taken on-board the visions of Steampunk, growing from a small beginning of independent movies such as the brilliant Perfect Creature

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As has been pointed out elsewhere, there is an increasing awareness of steampunk literature, in the mainstream. However, there remain undiscovered delights in the clouds of the aethernet. I am endeavouring, as part of this Journal, to bring to wider attention little known works and works-in-progress which may be of interest to those outside of the sphere of influence of the behemoths known as

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Cruising through the aethernet a few weeks ago, I came across a marvellous gem hidden away in a corner "7th House on the left side, with the tree in front". Mr I-Wei Huang, otherwise known as Crab Fu, describes himself as, amongst other things, a crab trainer, worm counter, and cookie stuffer, but is, in fact, an artiste extra-ordinaire.Even a short visit to his site will demonstrate the breadth

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Let me precis this by first stating that I am not a fan of Guy Ritchie's films. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was a tired retread of much better 1970s gangster films, and lacked originality, artistic quality, decent script, and, even worse, foistered the unwelcome visage of Vinnie Jones upon us, blinking into the magical light which cinema should be. Mr Ritchie's works since have failed to

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One of Johnny Depp's new productions, Rex Mundi is set in a world where "the Protestant Reformation failed, the Catholic Church has all the power of a secret police force, Europe is in the grip of feudalism and sorcerers stalk the street at night...” Stemming from the Dark Horse stable, a sample of which which may be downloaded here, and the brainchild of Arvid Nelson and the pens of EricJ and

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Upon this Great traditional day of 23 April, which lies at the heart of any true Englishman, I present a new vision of the Dragonslayer St George, patron saint of (amongst others) Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia, and Palestine.A Roman soldier from Palestine who was executed following torture upon the wheel of swords, George is most reknowned,

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With thanks to Toby over at the Smoking Lounge, I point you, distinguished reader, to Smog, a fascinating world drawing on many influences, including Cthulhu and Tim Powers' Anubis Gates. A Victorian world where Victoria herself is protected by Oberon, Lord of the Faeries; where automaton soldiers protect the Palace; where Lord Carter's mastery of necromancy has led to private armies and a labour

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A fascinatingly new Journal has made its appearance on the Aether, being the musings and occurences in the life of one Ms Anglelica Boron, steampunk alchemist, recently relocated to an undisclosed location from Minniwell.As she settles into her new home, Ms Boron is in the midst of establishing her lab in the cellar, planting seedlings, and exploring her new locale - including the Prestidigital

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Again, a little tardy on this, given my journeys around this sceptred isle in the past few weeks, for which I can only profer my heartfelt apologies!Unfortunately, however, these journeys did not enable the inclusion of "the world's greatest showcase of international burlesque talent" which is the London Burlesque Festival .Now in its third year, the festival ran from 1-5 April, and included

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A little tardy on this, but MAKE magazine held their first ever 'Maker Faire' over the weekend past, as part of the Newcastle ScienceFest - a 10 day festival celebrating creativity and innovation.For those unaware out there, Maker Faire seeks to inspire, inform, connect and entertain thousands of Makers and aspiring Makers of all ages and backgrounds through the public gathering of tech

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A visit to one of the omnipresent book stores over the weekend enabled a new (for me) authorial discovery.As many will know, the past few years have seen a rise in the number of steampunk novels as the social consciousness of SP increases. Not only have older, established, authors such as Thomas Pynchon leapt onto the rumbling horseless carriage as it steams onwards, but newer authors have been

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More fitting for the spartanfiction blog, rather than the main, methinks....Originally starting out as a Steampunk RPG over the Skype network, Cogs was envisaged as "an episodic format akin to a television show rather than the conventional numerical values pen and paper RPG", according to one of its founders and protagonists, Isobel Triumphant.In her words, "since then, our game has developed

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A bit of a newsflash, this!EBSQart "is a creative space that provides art marketing tools and serves as a hub for the self rep and indie artist community". A call has gone out for artists to enter their Steampunk Exhibition, which is due to open on 1 March 2009, with a closing date for entry of 1 April 2009.More details, with entry guidelines, may be found here.

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A relatively recent arrival on the wider Steampunk scene, Mr Art Donovan has established himself as designer and artist of some unique pieces of works.The wonderful wall lamp, pictured here, is but one example of works which Mr Donovan has produced, principally for a Steampunk Exhibition held in New York which he also curated, and featured some of the most prominent names in Steampunk design and

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Having only just come to my attention, I am pleased to present a fascinating project entitled The God Machine.Based upon the real-life experiences of John Murray Spear, who, upon starting to receive messages from the Dead in 1853, built a machine upon the directions of these voices from beyond the grave. A brass, steam-powered machine which contained the divine spark. It was violently destroyed

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I cannot describe how much I love this site! I discovered it a while ago, and have been treating it as a guilty pleasure, but it is time more people knew about this fantastic place.This is the world I was promised I'd be living in by now - a glistening utopia of man and robot living in harmony, homosapiens having escaped the earthly bounds and struck for the heavens, forever pushing the frontiers

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whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.Ah, if only Sir Conan had realised what import his protagonists words might have!Those of you who are cognisant of recent SF publications, or who have made it to the back pages of the Steampunk anthology Extraordinary Engines (ed. Nick Gevers), will recognise this new anthology which has as its premise the detection of crime in

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I discovered the website of the Mercury Theatre some time ago, but have only recently thought about it in terms more closely related to steam- and dieselpunk.The Mercury is most famous for the War of the Worlds broadcast which held America in such thrall, and Orson Welles and associates such as Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris produced some of the most memorable radio plays

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For those Ripperologists out there (yes, I'm a bit of an amateur), you may want to pass your eyeballs across this British ITV three-part drama, Whitechapel.I say 'may want to', as by all accounts it's fascinatingly poor, and weirdly condescendingly addictive - the plot is pretty obvious, the acting awful and awkward, but it's still enjoyable. Critics in the UK can't make up their minds whether

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Well, now, with "Prof. Emilio Zuntaras' Bi-Orbital Spectral Audiometer" , you can make your high quality, high definition surround sound quality music sound tinny and winsome, and experience music just like those Edwardians used to!Genius! I salute you, Sir!

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For those not in the know, Iron Sky is an independent Finnish movie being put together by the same team responsible for the excellent Star Trek parody Star Wreck (available on DVD, and elsewhere on the aethernet).The setting for the movie is that the Nazis made it to the moon in 1945, where they have been waiting and plotting their return ever since. Now, in 2018, the time has come.Check the

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Many of you will be aware of the Steampunk Dalek, conceived (so far as I am able to determine) by Alex Holden over at LiveJournal, but with a slightly different interpretation by Promus-Kaa on deviantart.Now, the maniacal mechanical machine of death and destruction has been given life by Promus-Kaa in the fantastic CG rendition. Quick, up those stairs!

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The notion of Victorian-era space travel has always fascinated me. As well as the classic (now retro-future) 1930s space operas, like Buster Crabbe's Flash Gordon, which kept me rivetted to my seat watching re-runs on TV as a child on a Saturday morning, I love films such as the more sedate The First Men in the Moon (which also forms part of my love of similar films like The Time Machine,

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A fabulously, perfectly comedically timed, steampunk animation from Blur Studio:Please check out their website for more. They have been involved with some of the leading steampunk influenced and fantasy productions of recent years, including The Spiderwick Chronicles and Hellgate:London, as well as the opening animation for this year's Superbowl.

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The latest (fourth) edition of the Gatehouse Gazette is now available for download from the Gatehouse here in pdf."Let "The Romance of Science" enchant you with the fourth and winter issue of the Gatehouse Gazette.Discover that winter is the perfect season for steampunk fashion in the columns of Miss Hilde Heyvaert and learn that it is the perfect time for gin again from Mr Craig B. Daniel. Read

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The product of a few hours tinkering as a first attempt. Not sure if I like it or not, but I like the textures.

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Many will already be aware of this site, but for those who are not, and are in need of aged photographs, this may be the site for you.The 'Oldifier' allows you to browse your drive for a suitable photograph, and by clicking the blue button, age it by 70 years in an instant. Photos can then be 'saved as' to where you want to store it.No need to download complicated photo editing software, this

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Wonderfully dark artistic renderings on this almost transcendally tactile site, curtesy of the imagination of Mr Aly Fell.3D animator, modeller and concept artist, Mr Fell has produced a gallery of the disturbingly interesting characters in a variety of worlds, including steampunk, dieselpunk, and gothic fairytale. The character depicted on the right here is 'Gun Totin' Hick', and below, Lady

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A fantastic world where Prof Maximillian Whistlecraft, friend of Herbert Wells, informed of the imminent destruction of England by the Martians, concluded the best way to avoid this was not to engage the wretched invaders in battle but simply move everybody out of their way.With a Translation Engine of a suitable size and power, he might move everything in England out of harms way to a small blue

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