Hey, guys! So, we’re all familiar with Cyberpunk and Steampunk, but there are so many more alternate histories/speculative science fiction genres out there! I came across this handy-dandy infographic and figured I could share a bit of these punk genres for anyone interested.
- Steampunk
Roughly covers the Western world during the mid- to late-19th century (ie: Victorian era, US wild west, etc.), and sometimes up to the Edwardian era. - Dieselpunk
1920s up through WWII, ending at just about the Cold War. - Decopunk
A cleaner, artistic, more “optimistic” version of Dieselpunk (same time period) - Clockpunk
Covers the time of the Renaissance (think da Vinci) - Atompunk
Cold War era, ie: the Space Race - Teslapunk
Derivative of Steampunk, but focuses on electricity rather than steam. - Splatterpunk
Explicit horror and gore - Biopunk
Biotechnology, genetics (part science fiction, part real life) - Nanopunk
Nanotechnology, sometimes overlaps with Biopunk - Cyberpunk
The granddaddy of them all: computer technology, the internet, hackers, etc.
Others not included in the infographic
- Elfpunk
Fantasy-based, features creatures like elves and fairies. - Mythpunk
Mythology and folklore, includes urban fantasy. - Seapunk?
- Stonepunk, Bronzepunk, Plaguepunk
Okay, uh, TW for graphic descriptions of rape in the Splatterpunk explanation link (specifically as examples of ~look how edgy and without boundaries this subgenre is~), but I think all the other links should be safe.
Also, Arcanepunk is a theme with combinations of magic and science/technology, or with technology so complex it appears to be magic.
FINALLY an explanation on these.