dieselpunk
Sign in to savethumb|alt=noir image.|An example of dieselpunk artDieselpunk is a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction similar to steampunk or cyberpunk that combines the aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period through to the 1950s with retro-futuristic technology and postmodern sensibilities. Coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe his tabletop role-playing game Children of the Sun, the term has since been applied to a variety of visual art, music, motion pictures, fiction, and engineering.
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Within Vinony's link graph, dieselpunk is referenced by 381 other articles, and connects out to retrofuturism, planetary romance and cyberpunk derivatives.
It sits within the topics 2000s neologisms, Accuracy disputes from February 2020 and Art Deco.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- aesthetics
- Subclass of
- retrofuturism
- Image
- Diesel Forces.jpg
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- Dieselpunk
- inspired by
- cyberpunk
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- Category:Dieselpunk
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Differences from steampunk
- Dieselpunk inspiration
- As an art movement
- Fiction and literature
- Common themes
- Games
- Cinema and television
- Visual art
- As a subculture
- Fashion
- Music
- Variants
- Decopunk or coalpunk
- Atompunk
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|alt=noir image.|An example of dieselpunk artDieselpunk is a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction similar to steampunk or cyberpunk that combines the aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period through to the 1950s with retro-futuristic technology and postmodern sensibilities. Coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe his tabletop role-playing game Children of the Sun, the term has since been applied to a variety of visual art, music, motion pictures, fiction, and engineering.
==Origin==
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