Dieselpunk

Oddly enough, I was considering this as something between the afterglowy fantasy-victorian whitewash of steampunk and the more pessimistic "dieselpunk". ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

The term Steampunk is applied almost too often these days, with some sub-genres even branching out from it like from a twisted, tangled tree - dieselpunk, greenpunk, stitchpunk, you name it (see definitions of various "punk" literary varieties here). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hard To Be A God and Prisoners of Power (a.k.a. The Inhabited Island, soon to be a major Russian motion picture) are dieselpunk planetary romances that read like stories from the early days of Iain Banks 'Culture, or le Guin's Ekumen -- without the Culture's overwhelming technological advantage or the Ekumen's quiet moral certitude. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Heather Massey 11:28 pm: I would love to read some dieselpunk romance now that you mention it, Angelia! ❋ Unknown (2010)

And a few more links: 1. I hadn't heard of dieselpunk before. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some New Weird / “stylistic urban fantasy” is barely distinguishable from a steampunk (or clockpunk or dieselpunk or enoughalreadypunk) adventure story; some is much more… realist-novelistic in its narrative structure (THE PHYSIOGNOMY versus SHRIEK?) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perhaps best thought of as a cross between Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky" and Christian Gossett's The Red Star, "Last Exile" mixes byzantine politics, dieselpunk and high adventure in beautiful images and a compelling storyline. ❋ Sbisson (2004)

See other examples of dieselpunk art on this DRB page. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When people start tacking ‘- punk’ onto things (steampunk, dieselpunk, splatterpunk, etc.), then I’m absolutely lost. ❋ Unknown (2009)

FrancesP 7:51 pm: Im curious about dieselpunk, and since you mentioned decopunk as well I’d never heard that one can you tell us a little about those two? definitions or primary traits to give us a feel for the difference? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Me and John saw a group of [cosplayers] in a [steampunk] show that didn't look [victorian] at all. They wore fedoras, goggles, ww2 gear and retro-futurist tech, but from a different timeline. Turns out they were dieselpunks ❋ Hjras1337 (2011)