…steampunk is an aesthetic, not a genre. It’s a color palette, not a subject. It’s context, not content. It’s the facade, not the foundation. Something is steampunk regardless of what’s under the hat.

Which, again, is not to disparage steampunk or make it any less whatever. Let’s be clear: steampunk is cool. I will happily eat it up with a spoon. I will read it, play it, watch it — one of the easiest ways to attract my attention is to wave the steampunk flag, and I will promptly arrive to sample whatever it is that you are serving up.

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