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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 8384557" data-attributes="member: 58416"><p>From the descriptions I've read online:</p><p></p><p>-Wikipedia-</p><p></p><p>"<strong>Gaslamp fantasy</strong> (also known as <strong>gaslight fantasy</strong> or <strong>gaslight romance</strong>) is a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre" target="_blank">subgenre</a> of both <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy" target="_blank">fantasy</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fiction" target="_blank">historical fiction</a>. Generally speaking, this particular realm of fantasy employs either a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" target="_blank">Victorian</a> or <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_era" target="_blank">Edwardian</a> setting. The <em>gaslamp fantasy</em> genre is not to be confused with <em><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk" target="_blank">steampunk</a></em>, which is often set in the same historical era but usually has more of a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" target="_blank">super-science</a> edge and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchronia" target="_blank">uchronic</a> tone. <em>Gaslamp fantasy</em> also differs from classical...</p><p></p><p>...Many of its tropes, themes, and stock characters derive from <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction" target="_blank">Gothic literature</a>—a long-established genre composed of both <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism" target="_blank">romantic</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_fiction" target="_blank">horrific</a> traits and motivated by the desire to rouse fear, apprehension, and other intense emotions within the reader—and could be described as an attempt to modernize literary Gothicism."</p><p></p><p>-tvtropes.org-</p><p></p><p>"...The key difference between gaslamp fantasy and steampunk is that steampunk focuses on alternate developments in technology (and need not have any magic at all), while gaslamp fantasy focuses on supernatural elements (and need not have any technology that didn't actually exist). Yet, the two can overlap, especially with <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magitek" target="_blank">Magitek</a> and in <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhlebotinumInducedSteampunk" target="_blank">Phlebotinum-Induced Steampunk</a>."</p><p></p><p>-nypl.org-</p><p></p><p>"...'Gaslamp Fantasy' is essentially a sub-genre of <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/05/16/steampunk-introduction-teens" target="_blank">Steampunk Fantasy</a>. But, whereas Steampunk often involves gadgets and mad scientists in an alternate Victorian universe, Gaslamp stories are set in a magical version of the 19th century, think Jane Austen or Charles Dickens meets Harry Potter. The stories can take place at any time between the Regency Era (early 1800s) all the way up to the beginning of WWI (1914). You'll find historical settings, gothic ambience, ballrooms, wit and romance, witches, dark magic, fairies and all manner of supernatural creatures but very little science..."</p><p></p><p>That sounds pretty cool. I can mentally picture how that's different enough from Steampunk to be considered something else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 8384557, member: 58416"] From the descriptions I've read online: -Wikipedia- "[B]Gaslamp fantasy[/B] (also known as [B]gaslight fantasy[/B] or [B]gaslight romance[/B]) is a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre']subgenre[/URL] of both [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy']fantasy[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_fiction']historical fiction[/URL]. Generally speaking, this particular realm of fantasy employs either a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era']Victorian[/URL] or [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_era']Edwardian[/URL] setting. The [I]gaslamp fantasy[/I] genre is not to be confused with [I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk']steampunk[/URL][/I], which is often set in the same historical era but usually has more of a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction']super-science[/URL] edge and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchronia']uchronic[/URL] tone. [I]Gaslamp fantasy[/I] also differs from classical... ...Many of its tropes, themes, and stock characters derive from [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction']Gothic literature[/URL]—a long-established genre composed of both [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism']romantic[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_fiction']horrific[/URL] traits and motivated by the desire to rouse fear, apprehension, and other intense emotions within the reader—and could be described as an attempt to modernize literary Gothicism." -tvtropes.org- "...The key difference between gaslamp fantasy and steampunk is that steampunk focuses on alternate developments in technology (and need not have any magic at all), while gaslamp fantasy focuses on supernatural elements (and need not have any technology that didn't actually exist). Yet, the two can overlap, especially with [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Magitek']Magitek[/URL] and in [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhlebotinumInducedSteampunk']Phlebotinum-Induced Steampunk[/URL]." -nypl.org- "...'Gaslamp Fantasy' is essentially a sub-genre of [URL='http://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/05/16/steampunk-introduction-teens']Steampunk Fantasy[/URL]. But, whereas Steampunk often involves gadgets and mad scientists in an alternate Victorian universe, Gaslamp stories are set in a magical version of the 19th century, think Jane Austen or Charles Dickens meets Harry Potter. The stories can take place at any time between the Regency Era (early 1800s) all the way up to the beginning of WWI (1914). You'll find historical settings, gothic ambience, ballrooms, wit and romance, witches, dark magic, fairies and all manner of supernatural creatures but very little science..." That sounds pretty cool. I can mentally picture how that's different enough from Steampunk to be considered something else. [/QUOTE]
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