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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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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