Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing...

[tamara_rose]

For those of you who may have missed it, Letters of Note has posted what may be the first use of the term "steampunk". The Hunter S. Thompson fan in me would have really liked "gonzo-historical" too.

Comments

[sveethot]

Interesting - many thanks.

[fetishman]

it's always lovely to see these things, cheers!

[boyastridgirl]

Now to await the addition to Oxford's, or has that already happened?

[mlleviolet]

Neat! Thanks for digging that up and sharing with us. That is certainly a very old citation, not sure if I've ever seen an earlier one!

[konsumterra]

steampunk cinema huge in 70s
big budget verne-esque films were mainstream
moorcock did plenty of work in this genre and edited compilations of victorion sf - i still wanna see proper victorian war of the worlds