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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- No
- Features
- Illustrated
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9781449337995
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
O'reilly Media, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1449337996
ISBN-13
9781449337995
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117135205
Product Key Features
Book Title
Vintage Tomorrows : A Historian and a Futurist Journey Through Steampunk into the Future of Technology
Number of Pages
420 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fashion, General, Fantasy / Historical
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Technology & Engineering, Fiction, Crafts & Hobbies
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-537413
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
303.483
Synopsis
Can you imagine what today's technology would have looked like in the Victorian Era? That's the world Steampunk envisions: a mad-inventor collection of 21st Century-inspired contraptions powered by stream and driven by gears. It's more than just a whimsical idea. In the past few years, the Steampunk genre has captivated makers, hackers, artists, designers, writers, and others throughout the world. In this fascinating book, futurist Brian David Johnson and cultural historian James Carrott offer insights into what Steampunk's alternative history says about our own world and its technological future. Interviews with experts such as William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, James Gleick, and Margaret Atwood explore how this vision of stylish craftsmen making fantastic and beautiful hand-tooled gadgets has become a cultural movement - and perhaps an important countercultural moment. Steampunk is everywhere - as gadget prototypes at Maker Faire, novels and comic books, paintings and photography, sculptures, fashion design, and music. Discover how this elaborate view of a future that never existed can help us look forward., In this fascinating book, futurist Brian David Johnson and cultural historian James Carrott offer insights into what Steampunk's alternative history says about our own world and its technological future., What would today's technology look like with Victorian-era design and materials? That's the world steampunk envisions: a mad-inventor collection of 21st century-inspired contraptions powered by steam and driven by gears. In this book, futurist Brian David Johnson and cultural historian James Carrott explore steampunk, a cultural movement that's captivated thousands of artists, designers, makers, hackers, and writers throughout the world. Just like today, the late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change, and writers such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells commented on their time with fantastic stories that jumpstarted science fiction. Through interviews with experts such as William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, James Gleick, and Margaret Atwood, this book looks into steampunk's vision of old-world craftsmen making beautiful hand-tooled gadgets, and what it says about our age of disposable technology. Steampunk is everywhere--as gadget prototypes at Maker Faire, novels, and comic books, paintings and photography, sculptures, fashion design, and music. Discover how this elaborate view of a history that never existed can help us reimagine our future.
LC Classification Number
HM846
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