The Gatekeeper's Scythe
The Gatekeeper’s Scythe: Eric Fisk of @FedoraChronicle reflects on the “death” of #steampunk
More than two years ago, I caused controversy with the rant “Requiem for Steampunk” in which I outlined what had gone wrong the genre. I wrote in declarative statements that what we call “steampunk” isn’t steampunk anymore by bookending the article with these two paragraphs:
Since it has lost the anti-authoritarian, anti-establishment aspects, “steampunk” is no longer steam “punk.” It’s…