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Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes as its inspiration the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic of the Victorian era, silkpunk draws inspiration from classical East Asian antiquity.
Author Ken Liu Explains "Silkpunk" to Us The A.V. Club 2015
erinmckean commented on the word silkpunk
fiction "filled with technologies inspired by predecessors from Classical Chinese antiquity" from Ken Liu
April 7, 2015