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  • noun A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the “diesel era” by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.

Etymologies

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diesel +‎ -punk

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Examples

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

    "It kicks like a sleep twitch..." 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).

    "Steampunk" Anthology, Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer 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.

    MIND MELD: The Forgotten Books of SF/F/H 2009

  • Heather Massey 11:28 pm: I would love to read some dieselpunk romance now that you mention it, Angelia!

    Transcript: Steampunk Romance « Coyote Con 2010

  • And a few more links: 1. I hadn't heard of dieselpunk before.

    Big Head Todd and the Monsters concert posters (link roundup) 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?)

    The new urban fantasy. Same as the old urban fantasy? 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.

    Interface first... sbisson 2004

  • See other examples of dieselpunk art on this DRB page.

    Dark Roasted Blend 2010

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

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » This is a cool concept… 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?

    Transcript: Rayguns! Steampunk Fiction « Coyote Con 2010

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  • The Gatehouse: 'The term “Dieselpunk�? was first coined to describe a darker, dirtier side of Steampunk, informed by Cyberpunk sensibilities, set in a post-Steampunk era with a higher industrial level of development. However due to the relative lack of fiction that fits this description the suggestion has been raised that “Dieselpunk�? may in fact be nothing else than Pulp fiction.'

    January 14, 2008