The first definitive and visual guide to the popular Sci-Fi/Victorian mash-up movement and its manifestations in popular culture.

Over the past fifteen years, Steampunk - a mash-up of Victorian and sci-fi aesthetics with a splash of punk rock attitude - has gone from being a literary movement to a part of pop culture and a way of life. This subculture celebrates the inventor as an artist and hero, re-envisioning and crafting retro technologies including antiquated airships and steam-powered robots. The Steampunk aesthetic now permeates movies, comics, fashion, art and more, and has given a distinct flavor to iconic events such as Maker Faire and the Burning Man festival. The Steampunk Bible is the first book of its kind, a fully illustrated compendium tracing the roots and history of this subculture, from the work of its godfathers Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, to the key figures who coined the word that would spawn a literary genre, to the vast community of craftsmen and artists who translated that spark into a lifestyle with clothing and accessories such as goggles, corsets, pocket watches, and with an attitude to match.
This ultimate resource, filled with scores of illustrations and photographs, will appeal to aficionados and novices alike as author Jeff VanderMeer takes the reader on a wild ride through the clockwork corridors of Steampunk past, present and future.

Ann VanderMeer is the publisher of Buzzcity Press and the fiction editor for “Weird Tales,” Jeff VanderMeer is the founder and editor for Ministry of Whimsy Press. He is the author of “City of Saints and Madmen, Secret Life, Shriek,” and “Veniss Underground,”“ ”He is the editor of the Leviathan series and "The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases," Coeditors of the Best American Fantasy series, they both live in Tallahassee, Florida.