VanderMeer’s latest book offers practical and inspirational guidance for readers to find their individual path into this realm. A large part of its appeal is that, at its core, Steampunk is about doing it yourself: building on the past while also innovating and creating something original. “Steampunk, the retro-futuristic cultural movement, has become a substantial and permanent genre in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. Its publication marks a significant, self-conscious moment in the history of the movement.Jeff VanderMeer is a heavy-hitter on the Steampunk book scene, and, along with co-author Desirina Boskovich, he released a new book in October entitled The Steampunk User’s Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams. "It's hard to imagine how VanderMeer and Chambers could have put together a stronger collection.
"The Steampunk Bible is far and away the most intriguing catalog of all things steam yet written."
"The Steampunk Bible is an informed, informative and beautifully illustrated survey of the subject." This ultimate manual will appeal to aficionados and novices alike as author Jeff VanderMeer takes the reader on a wild ride through the clockwork corridors of Steampunk history. Steampunk evokes a sense of adventure and discovery, and embraces extinct technologies as a way of talking about the future. A burgeoning DIY community has brought a distinctive Victorian-fantasy style to their crafts and art. Its adherents celebrate the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and robots. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock Holmes. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. Steampunk-a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture-is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more.
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