Well, this is assuming that we stopped our technological advance before we reached the the computer age. Most things run on steam power, which is to say burning fossil fuels. read more
Well I’ve seen some very interesting steampunk worlds set in the Far East. read more
Much as with questions of setting, questions of technology are a basic part of steampunk’s view of the world. The common plots, the archetypical characters, the times and places the stories take place in—these are all informed by the technologies of both the real Victorian era and the imagined Victorian era of our steampunk dreams. read more