tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50826645435027197992012-01-19T13:40:54.135Zan arena for exploring the world of clock/diesel/steampunk,<br> with an emphasis on the philosophical, academic and thought-provokingDr Damon Molinariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718332670459688728noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082664543502719799.post-31463745580973482492010-10-29T09:45:00.011+01:002010-10-29T11:26:41.044+01:00

Now, those who know me will be aware of my fascination with space and time travel. I've read interesting papers on the prospects of both, and there is some great work out there if you want to peruse in greater depth.The past few days have seen an explosive meme flashing round the aethernet. Depending on where you see it, this is either conclusive proof of the possibility of time travel, a

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Those who have visited this little corner of the aethernet prviously will know my passion for retro-future, and space in general. Recently, I have been bitterly disappointed, so, given that President Obama has decided to effectively shelve his predecessor's (admittedly half-hearted) commitment to return to the moon, and, subsequently, to place humanity on Mars for the foreseeable future, I

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A little off the beaten track - "Warhammer movie? On a steampunk blog? Huh?" - but justified in two ways; firstly, the popularity of the WH40K universe amongst steampunk afficionados, and secondly, the very steam and diesel punk elements which underpin that universe.A movie has been rumoured for years, with a fan movie produced (and unfortunately blocked by Games Workshop (GW), the owners of

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Bizarrely, and most edifying, we discover that the adjoining Strange Dreams - Steampunk Art and Fiction has been featured on g4tv.com's Attack of the Show (AOTS)!In their own words, We go around the blogosphere to find blogs that deal with very specific things, and uncover the best and coolest there are to see. Far be it for us to blow our own trumpet, as immodest as that may be! AOTS Presenters

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Today, 21 September, sees what would have been the 143rd birthday of the genius of Herbert George Wells.Today will see the usual material pulled out, with commentary upon his War of the Worlds and, possibly my favourite, The Time Machine, but I like to try and do something different here. Many will liken Wells to Jules Verne, but I will leave commentary upon that subject to the great HG and Jules

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Now that the time is fast approaching, an update to my previous post concerning the upcoming Steampunk Convivial in Lincoln on 11-13 September, 2009.The home of the Annual UK Steampunk Convivial may be found here, and the latest news here and here. This has developed rapidly in the past few months, to the extent that epacks being sent out to ticket holders as I write! The Steampunk Convivial will

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Huge congratulations to the British Steam Car Challenge team, who, on Tuesday 25 August 2009, smashed the land speed record for a steam-powered car, reaching a top speed of 151.085mph.The team consisted of members of the previous ThrustSSC Project, and initally hoped to reach speeds of 200mph, although the final design may be capable of 'just' 170mph. The average speed over two runs was

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A refreshing perspective on the modern age of communication from John Freeman, editor of Granta magazine, in an extract from his forthcoming book The Tyranny of E-Mail.Steampunks love their technology, but, essentially, always with a backward glance - you have only to see the fantastic contraptions of Jake Von Slatt, and even the new Steampunk Tales application for the iPhone for immediate

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Today, 16 July, sees the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Saturn V rocket which took Apollo 11 to the lunar surface. Regular readers and compatriots will know my love of space exporation, retrofuture, and steampunk, and you can check out some of my other posts here or here.The ensuing months will see a myriad of posts around the aether about the moon, about the mission, and about the verbal

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A little tardy, as usual, in announcing the marvellous new edition of the Gatehouse Gazette. This wonderful production is fast becoming a staple in the Steampunk genre and, with the unfortunate demise of The Willows, this may provide some solace for those who wish to explore the world of steampunk.As usual, the Gazette is a smorgasbord of delights, this time with a slight twist, in that Issue 7

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One could not let the day pass without marking the Main Man of Steampunk, the famous inventor of the Tesla Coil, Nicolai Tesla!Born this day on 1856, not in Russia, as many may believe, but a Serb in Vojna Krajina (modern Croatia), Tesla is responsible for some of the greatest electro-magnetic and other inventions many people believe invented by other, possibly more well-reknowned, inventors,

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Sometimes, questions just arise which need investigating. The BBC programme Top Gear, a show about cars, tends to ask routine questions such as 'will this supercar win a race against this method of public transport from point A to point B', and invariably the supercar wins.However, one of the recent episodes has taken this question to new and exciting extremes. Highlighting the seepage of steam

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The term 'pioneer' is all too often used, particularly within the steampunk genre, as a generic term to describe people we admire. However, in the case of Dorothy Levitt, the term is wholly appropriate. Described throughout the aethernet as a 'secretary', Ms Levitt was a leviathan of early motor racing, and a trail-blazer where women stepped after her fiery path. Her life outside of her amazing

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Given the interest upon the topic of Steampunk Spaceships in my accompanying blog upon steampunk art and fiction, I thought perhaps further exploration upon the notion of a neo-Victorian Space Programme might be in order. Fellow enthusiasts upon the subject of space exploration will be aware of the meta-narrative: that, despite previous investigations upon the possibility of flight beyond the

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Gardening and steampunk do not readily sit together in the mind's eye. However, the award winning Perfume Garden, designed by Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins, brings the two concepts together brilliantly at the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London.The garden's inspiration was the discovery, by Chetwood, of an Elizabethan rosewater perfume recipe in the library of the Royal Horticultural

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Two of the greatest Steampunk sites on the aethernet have joined forces.The esteemed Mr Amat's Steampunk Pics blog, up till now hosted at blogspot, has been relocated to a specifically designed and constructed extension to the Gatehouse. Steampunk Pics joins the marvellously welcoming home of steampunk, dieselpunk and decodence, and actively engaging and exciting forums hosted by Mr Ottens at the

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With sadness, I'd like to mark the passing of a comic genius and genuinely Funny Man, Dom deLuise, the latest of some great actors, authors, and comedians to leave the stage in the previous six months. Whilst not immediately recognisably steampunk, Mr deLuise appeared in many films which did feature steam or diesel punk elements, as indicated by his biography, including the great The Adventure of

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What could be more pleasurable over a summer evening than to sit and peruse the latest edition of the unmissable Gatehouse Gazette?In the words of the esteemed Editor, Mr Ottens:"Because the Gatehouse Gazette welcomes all kinds of “Tinkering with Time,” we dedicate this issue to the business of alternate history.Some of our familiar contributors ponder what could have been: Mr Rauchfuß, for

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Upon this auspiscious Day, St George and the Dragon is presented in a Steampunk altenative world. Part of the Steampunk Myths and Legends competition over at the CGSociety site, Cliff Cramp's work in progress is a wonderfully insolent image of the triumph of Steam Technology and Ingenuity.Pop over here for more details and the image itself.

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A fascinatingly new Journal has made its appearance on the Aether, being the musings and occurences in the life of one Ms Anglelica Boron, steampunk alchemist, recently relocated to an undisclosed location from Miniwell.Ms Boron, as she settles into her new locale, invites you to join her and interact with her explorations and adventures. More details may be found on the adjoining site here, and

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An interesting series on UK television, presented by Julia Bradbury, demonstrates how easy it is to lose sight of our heritage.Railway Walks follows Ms Bradbury as she walks along the lines of now extinct and defunct railways which had formed part of the backbone of Britain, and the one of the foundations of the British Industrial Revolution.Whilst the BBC programme may be viewed online via Ms

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A new post on the Strange Dreams site, concerning the inaugural MAKER magazine's 'Maker Faire', held as part of Newcastle's ScienceFest - a 10 day festival celebrating creativity and innovation, with firebreathing steamdragons and retro-future robots wandering the streets.Pop over to Strange Dreams for more details and footage of the BBC's visit to the 'fest!

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The notion of living on the water has long been with homosapiens - from the wonder that was pre-conquest Mexico City, through the marvel that was medieval London Bridge, to the on-going beauty of Venice and the communities of 'bargees' which adorn the canals of Europe.Nothing new to students of Utopia, now, a 'new frontier' is being opened up, stemming from this ancient obsession. Inhabitable

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A little slow on the uptake, here. I knew that there was the possibility of a UK Steampunk convention/get together, but things seem to be gathering pace, thanks to the intrepid activities of Time Tinker and Lady Elsie.The Asylum UK Steampunk convention is to be held between 11th-13th September 2009 in the wonderful city of Lincoln. The venue will be across three sites, but based primarily at "The

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Looking to the past for problems of the present seems a sensible way to work to me. With problems of over-crowding, pollution, global warming, disease and illness to name but a few of our current woes, increasingly, scientists and policy-makers seek inspiration from the past, and past visions of the future.Updated windmills may provide energy, sustainable woodland may provide fuel, companion

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Not quite the usual Steampunk fair, but the implications for Time Travellers of any age are collosal.For those who are already using the progeny of this discovery, apologies, but for those of the current continuum who are unaware of this device, I shall elucidate.Researchers at the UK's Reading University have developed a model, based upon a lexicon of 200 words, which tracks how word usage

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Some time ago, I posted about the up-coming 2009 Eaton Science Fiction Conference, to be held at the University of California Riverside between 30 April and 3 May, 2009.The keynote speaker of the conference is that scion of SF, Frederik Pohl, who is to receive the Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award. More pertinent to 'punks and 'punkettes, however, are the Steampunk sessions, Steampunk Verne and

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The European Space Agency's first Automated Transfer Vehicle - the most successful ever created by Europe - was, suitably, named after the most influencial author on steampunk and literary pioneer, Jules Verne.The Jules Verne broke up on re-entry on 29 September 2008, after 6 months of missions re-supplying the International Space Station. The death of this pioneering craft was captured on video

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I am pleased to announce that the latest edition (number 5) of the excellent Gatehouse Gazette is released today!"Commemorating the anniversary of the birthday of Jules Verne, the Gatehouse Gazette celebrates “Extraordinary Voyages” this issue!Read an interview with the extraordinary fashion designer Miss Vecona and learn more about the adventure look from Miss Hilde Heyvaert’s “The Steampunk

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Today marks the centenary of the publication of the Manifesto of Futurism, on 20 February 1909 on Le Figaro. A key inspiration for the development of art and science during the twentieth century, Futurism was born as a reaction to Romanticism. Its embracement of the modern, technology, youth and speed, brought with it unforeseen perils - with its rejection of the past, and its advocation of

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The Smoking Lounge community was created on January 8, 2008 and settled at its current location on the 14th.Evolving from previous forums, including nov-net and delta.place, the Lounge is a forum “for all things Steam, Diesel, Retro and Pulp”, and everything within the scope of steampunk and dieselpunk, as well as retro-futurism, pulp fiction and film noir is welcomed.With a warmly welcoming

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Of interest to those deiselpunks amongst you, the British Broadcasting Corporation had recently put together this short film concerning the pioneering builders of those buildings which came to represent modernity and have become a mainstay of any modern city - the skyscraper.Given that I suffer from vertigo, I have great admiration for those brave souls who worked on their construction with

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The genius which flowed from Finland in the form of Starwreck continues unbounded. Now, rather than the Star Trek fondly and lovingly being parodied, they have Nazis firmly in their sights, the premise being that Nazis went to the moon in 1945, and have been building and biding their time, only to return in 2018, production is in full swing, and the team are in hyper-marketing-and-funding

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The original concept of the Steampunk Dalek has taken a step into another dimension, from the drawing page, to a model, and now to animation.Flit over to Strange Dreams or here for a disturbingly moving experience the Dr has never endured!

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The exciting world of Victorian spaceships at your fingertips! Please take a trip over to Strange Dreams for more on where to find delightful designs for steampunk modelling, and fill these long winter nights with the satisfying glow of demonstrating the glory of the Victorian Space Age.

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Please check out the Strange Dreams blog for this marvelously irreverent steampunk animation of national stereotyping, affrontry, romance, and slapstick from Blur Studio, a Venice, California, stable from whence ushers the animation for The Spiderwick Chronicles, Hellgate:London, HALO Wars, and Tomb Raider: Underworld.

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Originally conceived in 1895 by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and inspired by the Eiffel Tower, the concept of the space elevator is a radical one. Essentially proposing a tether stretching from an anchor on the Earth into a low geostationary orbit, it would allow the conveyance of materials and personnel into space without the need for rockets. If this could be achieved, then space exploration would

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The latest edition of the Gatehouse Gazette is now available for download. Click through to the Gatehouse or to Strange Dreams for more details.

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A question which many are asked, and to which there are probably as many answers as steampunks to answer it.However, the simplest answers to difficult questions often come through self-reflection. One effective means of teaching is to enable the student to learn for themselves, and this approach has been taken by the good lady Victoria.Following years of being asked the question at events such as

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For those interest in the mechanics of time, the BBC's Radio 4 broadcast this morning In Our Time - a programme dedicated to "The history of ideas discussed by Melvyn Bragg and guests including Philosophy, science, literature, religion and the influence these ideas have on us today".This most recent transmission concerned The Physics of Time in the final programme of the year, with discussion

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An off-shoot of this blog, Strange Dreams highlights steampunk and retro-future art, sculpture, and fiction from around the web and elsewhere, providing links through. The first post concerns the Mechtorians...

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Ever wondered how time travel might be possible?Click on the link for more...

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Greetings to all fellow chrononauts from across the realities!Enjoy the opportunity to thoroughly enjoy yourselves, causing confusion amongst the residents of this tempus, and take the opportunity to catch up with old friends whom you may not have met yet.For those unaware of the rules, click the aether-link above. For everyone else, I'll see you again last year!

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For those academics out there with a focus on steampunk, or, indeed, steampunk academics, please find below the call for papers.This surely expresses the recognition of steampunk as a bona fide genre for study and participation which has been denied for so long, despite its inexorable rise.CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUENeo-Victorian Studies invites papers and/or abstracts for a 2009 special issue

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Lunar Travel: Lucian to Kubrick via the 18th centuryAn informal One-Day Conference on trips to the moon and space travel from Lucian to 1968 will take place at the Centre for the Reception of Greece & Rome, Royal Holloway in Egham on Monday 15th December.Speakers include the novelist Adam Roberts, Sci-Fi Expert Tony Keen, English Literature expert Brycchan Carey, polymath extraordinary Nick Lowe,

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http://eatonconference.ucr.edu/cfp.phpFor those of a more academic leaning, please peruse the following information concerning the gathering of emminent persons in the location of California during the month of May year next, being 2009, to discuss Mr. Jules Verne and the writings of that illustrious person.To wit:"Extraordinary voyages have shaped world literature since the Biblical Flood and

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Interesting musings are on-going over at The Gatehouse, ranging from what Britney Spears would wear as a steampunk to the problem of referencing and discussing Nazi inventions.A veritable smorgasbord of delights to be tasted, truly acting as a gateway to the wonders to be found on the ethernet, and worth a visit, or even joining the growing membership - which includes some of those on the leading

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Much is made, particularly amongst the cosplayers, within the Steampunk sub-culture not just of alternative history, but of the apocalypse. The two come together in The Peshawar Lancers by SM Stirling, whereby the effective destruction of Britain by meteor impact results in the wholesale moving of the centre of the British Empire to a new home in India. One of the 'ten steampunk books you must

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It comes to my attention that, in the year 1894, Mr Jules Verne, that esteemed visionary and literary pioneer, undertook an interview with a Mr Sherard for Mclure's Magazine.Exploring many aspects of the author's life, this interview provides an intruiguing opportunity to peer into the mind of a man who has inspired many to push the boundaries of what is possible. Comments from more laudable

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Time being relative, there is plenty left for the brethren and sistren amongst the timestreams to converge in order to mark this newly established celebratory day .Whilst many pretend, it provides a means through which true travellers may walk unimpeded through this period of the 21st century - at least for 24 hours. Some may have already partaken of the 2008 event, proposed by Dresden Kodak of

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