The Steampunk User's Manual, 9781419708985
Hardcover
Build your own retro-future: Creativity, innovation, and Victorian-era inspiration.

The Steampunk User's Manual

an illustrated practical and whimsical guide to creating retro-futurist dreams

  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    31 October 2014

Summary

The Steampunk User’s Manual: A Retro-Futuristic Guide to Creation

Steampunk, the retro-futuristic cultural movement, has become a substantial and permanent genre in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. A large part of its appeal is that, at its core, Steampunk is about doing it yourself: building on the past while also innovating and creating something original.

VanderMeer’s latest book offers practical and inspirational guidance for readers to find their individual pa…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781419708985
ISBN-10:1419708988
Author:Jeff VanderMeer, Desirina Boskovich
Publisher:Abrams
Imprint:Abrams Image
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:31 October 2014
Weight:910g
Dimensions:261mm x 186mm x 22mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This is the follow-on companion volume to The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature. … Abrams is publishing this one, too, and it looks to be just as wonderfully produced and presented.” * SF Signal *“VanderMeer and co-editor Desirina Boskovich have packed their book with hands-on exercises and practical tips to help readers—steampunk fanatics and utter newbies alike—be more than passive consumers.” * Entertainment Weekly *

About The Author

Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer is the author of The Steampunk Bible and Wonderbook, and a three-time winner of the World Fantasy Award. His critically acclaimed fiction has been translated into 20 languages. His books have made the year’s-best lists from Publishers Weekly, LA Weekly, the Washington Post, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many more. VanderMeer’s latest novel, Annihilation, was recently optioned by Paramount Pictures. He is based in Tallahassee, Florida.

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