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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 1405333" data-attributes="member: 15582">If you forgot to include our computers too.One of the first steampunk novels was the "Difference Engine," which was about the effects of steam powered, cog-driven computer in the Victorian Age.Part of the SteamPunk concept IS anacronism, the use of modern tech (or tech developed past it's approprate age) in a "historic" age. S.M. Sterling, a regular author of alternate history, had blimps and difference engines, but very few automobiles, in his Pershwar Lancers book, which is set in the 21st Century. It's a 21st Century where a comet wiped out 18th Century England and gave us a "nuclear" winter. The English Royalty set up camp in India and things radicaly changed. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />There's another differences, the steam tech featured in steam punk is still on a small scale and focused on coal and wood, and it rarely creates electricity. It's more for locomotion. It is a literal steam engine not a steam turbine, two different things.The zepplin is a means of actual transport, not just an ad. Feel free to read the websites and books I mentioned, you see the nuances. You can also pick up Castle Falkenstein or Space 1889 rpgs to get some futher ideas.</blockquote>