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3 | Stonepunk/Paleopunk/Cavepunk/Lithopunk | -50,000 | -8700 | "pre-technological developments in pre-historic times" | The Flintstones, B.C., The Farside | 3 | 2 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Stonepunk/ | 3 books tagged with "Stonepunk" none of the others have anything | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StonePunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ????? | -8700 | -3300 | Is this still Stonepunk? Does Sandalpunk go back further? Does Atlantis go here? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sandalpunk | -3300 | 800 | "civilizations during the Ancient era have access to advanced fantastic Bronze-Age (bronzepunk) or Iron-Age (ironpunk) technology" | Clash of Eagles by Alan Smale | 19 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Sandalpunk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_derivatives#Sandalpunk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Antiquepunk | -753 | 476 | "Ancient Greece and Rome, but with technology!" | 0 | 0 | https://aminoapps.com/c/heart-of-fiction/page/blog/hof-presents-original-ideas-1/pZZk_k6uQuR5BemjLYrlNlpaal27ExpjxM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Swordpunk | 476 | 1453 | Maybe goes up to...17xx | "What would it look like to blend 14th-century values with 24th-century bio-tech?" | 0 | 0 | https://clearwaterpress.com/oneyearnovel/blog/swordpunk-unlikely-new-sub-genre/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Silkpunk | 960 | 1279 | Dates are the Song dynasty in China as it "is widely considered to be the high point of classical Chinese civilization" | "draws inspiration from classical East Asian antiquity" | The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang | 15 | 18 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Silkpunk | 4/2 for "Silk Punk" | https://io9.gizmodo.com/author-ken-liu-explains-silkpunk-to-us-1717812714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Clockpunk | 1400 | 1750 | Renaissance/Baroque | Mainspring by Jay Lake | 57 | 9 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Clockpunk | 1/1 for "Clock Punk" | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClockPunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Piratepunk/Oceanpunk | 1650 | 1739 | Dates are the "Golden age of piracy" | technology but "firmly rooted in the cultural and political sensibilities of the age of Wooden Ships and Iron Men" | 0 | 0 | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OceanPunk?from=Main.PiratePunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Poufpunk/Rococopunk | 1730 | 1769 | French 18th century, with roccoco architecture, baroque art, and extreme fashion | 0 | 0 | https://io9.gizmodo.com/rococopunk-is-not-only-sillier-than-steampunk-its-also-5974340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Carniepunk/Circuspunk | 1770 | Now | Start date is first "modern" circus | Carniepunk edited by Rachel Caine | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | ????? | 1770 | 1791 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Mannerpunk | 1792 | 1820 | Start date is when Sense and Sensibility is set. End is the end of the Regency period | “fantasy of manners”/Characters wield etiquette almost like weapons to achieve their goals. | Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner | 268 | 20 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Mannerpunk | 8/2 for "Manner Punk" | https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/what-is-mannerpunk-a-guide/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Mannerspunk | 1792 | 1820 | Changeling by Molly Harper | 11 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Mannerspunk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | ????? | 1821 | 1836 | Does Mannerpunk go to 1836? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Steampunk | 1837 | 1914 | Victorian-era super technology | Soulless by Gail Carriger | 10,422 | 4747 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Steampunk | 2,387/287 for "Steam Punk" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Dreadpunk | 1837 | 1914 | Victorian-era supernatural horror | Maplecroft by Cherie Priest | 13 | 2 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Dreadpunk | https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/dreadpunk-dragoncon-gothic-horror-fantasy/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Aetherpunk | 1837 | 1914 | Magic-based technology in Victorian era | The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher | 2 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Aetherpunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Ectopunk | 1837 | 1914 | Like steampunk but with elements of Spiritualism (like ectoplasm) | Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Teapunk | 1839 | 1860 | I made up dates based on the beginning and end of the Opium Wars | Timeless by Gail Carriger | 5 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Teapunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Cattlepunk/Cowpunk | 1865 | 1895 | "When Steam Punk meets The Western." | 0 | 0 | I honestly was surprised to find zero books tagged with this. | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CattlePunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Teslapunk | 1880 | 1943 | Years were went Tesla was active/alive. Ends with his death. | "cheap (or free), clean, and often highly portable electrical energy replaces all previous energy sources" | Phoenix - Tochter der Asche by Ann-Kathrin Karschnick | 1 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Teslapunk | Book is in German | http://www.theastonishingadventures.com/teslapunk/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Raypunk | 1880 | 1959 | "cosmic themes" "soft, surreal, dreamy and speculative quasitechnological fiction or half-science half-mystery concepts of all times" | Ignition City by Warren Ellis | 18 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Raypunk | 2/1 for "Ray Punk" Continues as Raygun Gothick? | https://www.facebook.com/groups/raypunk/?hc_location=ufi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_derivatives#Raypunk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Trenchpunk | 1914 | 1918 | 0 | 0 | Someone on Twitter made this one up for the WWI period | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | ????? | 1914 | 1920 | WWI-era. Seems too early for diselpunk and too late for steampunk? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Dadapunk | 1915 | 1923 | 0 | 0 | Someone on Twitter made this one up for the WWI period | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Cabaretpunk | 1918 | 1933 | Weimar Republic-era Germany | 0 | 0 | I made this one up, but it sounds good... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Dieselpunk | 1920 | 1959 | Starts at "interwar period" | "combines the Tier 2 Industrial technology and aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period through to the 1950s with retro-futuristic technology and postmodern sensibilities" | Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld | 347 | 25 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Dieselpunk | 15/2 for "Diesel Punk" | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieselPunk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Decopunk | 1920 | 1959 | "...shinier than DieselPunk" | Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente | 21 | 9 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Decopunk | 1/1 for "Deco Punk" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieselpunk#Decopunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Raygun Gothic/k | 1930 | 1961 | Maybe needs a later (or earlier) start date? End date is the year the first person was sent into space | Spaceships and stuff. "a tomorrow that never was" | Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein | 26 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/RaygunGothic/ | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RaygunGothic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Capepunk/Superpunk | 1938 | 1970 | Starts with publication of Superman, arbitrarily ends with end of the Silver Age of comics | Superheroes | 110 | 3 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Capepunk | 45/1 for "Cape Punk" All results are for "Capepunk" | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Capepunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Atompunk | 1945 | 1965 | Fallout; The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown by Paul Malmont | 32 | 2 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Atompunk | TVtropes says this is just another part of Raygun Gothic, but it seems different? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Steelpunk | 1950 | 1969 | "Steelpunk is about hardware, not software, the real not the virtual, megatech not nanotech. The artefacts of Steelpunk aren’t grown, printed or programmed, they’re built. With rivets." | 0 | 0 | https://www.sffworld.com/forum/threads/is-steelpunk-the-new-steampunk-does-steelpunk-even-exist.55392/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Rocketpunk | 1957 | 1972 | Starts with first successful space luanch (Sputnik). Ends the last time someone was on the Moon | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Transistorpunk | 1959 | 1980? | 0 | 0 | https://www.wattpad.com/2445105-sf-sub-genre-definitions-transistorpunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Formicapunk/Cassette Futurism | 1970 | 1989 | The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North | 1 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/CassetteFuturism | The one is for "Cassette Futurism" | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CassetteFuturism | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Punkpunk | 1974 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 for "Punk Punk" | http://freakytrigger.co.uk/see/2012/09/dredd-3d-punkpunk/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Seapunk | 1990 | 1999 | I think there's probably a "not time based" variant that's just about the oceans rising. Waterpunk? Maybe that's oceanpunk? | Waterworld, The Scar by China Miéville | 34 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Seapunk | I think there's probably a "not time based" variant that's just about the oceans rising. Waterpunk? Maybe that's oceanpunk? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Splatterpunk | - | - | Not limited by time period | Horror genre | Off Season by Jack Ketchum | 862 | 36 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Splatterpunk | 76/3 for "Splatter Punk" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Mythpunk | - | - | Not limited by time period | In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente | 194 | 13 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Mythpunk | 5/1 for "Myth Punk" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Hopepunk | - | - | Not limited by time period | The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison | 170 | 8 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Hopepunk | 3/1 for "Hope Punk" The two two books in this are a fantasy novel and an outer space sci-fi novel. | https://www.vox.com/2018/12/27/18137571/what-is-hopepunk-noblebright-grimdark?fbclid=IwAR3XFrQbBws69kNNzyNTJApiUT3iYAXGUvRVTJYF97JboIidfMwrWQKR-gk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Elfpunk | - | - | "Now" but presumably not limited by time | Rockbands and motorcyles | War for the Oaks by Emma Bull | 94 | 6 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Elfpunk | 21/2 for "Elf Punk" | https://bookriot.com/2018/03/26/elfpunk/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Dreampunk | - | - | Not limited by time period | Vurt by Jeff Noon | 144 | 3 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Dreampunk | 3/1 for "Dream Punk" | https://www.wattpad.com/420726233-what-is-dreampunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Salvagepunk | - | - | Not limited by time period | Post-societal collapse | Railsea by China Miéville | 3 | 2 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Salvagepunk | Not limited by time period | https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunkPunk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Icepunk/Frostpunk/Snowpunk | - | - | Not limited by time period | Global cooling/New ice age | The Arctic Marauder by Jacques Tardi | 18 | 2 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Icepunk/ | All results are for "Icepunk." | https://stevenrsouthard.com/whats-silkpunk/?fbclid=IwAR3Wyuvzrymp2KjtgRbhoaQHvPwpLnaGvVD-5HK7bHbt3Cg5TLu7_fgnEFM | ||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Faepunk/Fairypunk | - | - | Does this differ from Elfpunk? | Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale by Holly Black | 244 | 2 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Faepunk/ | All results are for "Faepunk" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Dungeonpunk | - | - | Not Earth based | A Girl and Her Monster by Landon Porter | 4 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Dungeonpunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Magicpunk | - | - | Johannes Cabal the Detective by Jonathan L. Howard | 8 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Magicpunk | 1/1 for "Magic Punk" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Afropunk | - | - | From Here to Timbuktu by Milton J. Davis | 11 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Afropunk | Is this a literary genre? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Arcanepunk/Arcanapunk | - | - | The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson | 12 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Arcanepunk/ | All results are for "Arcanepunk." 51/1 for "Arcane Punk" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Marxpunk | - | - | 0 | 0 | I literally just made this one up | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Spacepunk/Starpunk | - | - | Not Earth based | 0 | 0 | https://www.wattpad.com/2445107-sf-sub-genre-definitions-spacepunk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Kudzupunk | - | - | Not limited by time period | Plants overgrow society | 0 | 0 | http://kudzupunk.com/about/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Stitchpunk | - | - | Post-Steampunk? | Coraline by Neil Gaiman? | 0 | 0 | https://io9.gizmodo.com/just-what-is-stitchpunk-anyway-5358336 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Aboriginalpunk/Indigenouspunk | - | - | Pre-European contact | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Petrolpunk | 15 years in the future | Mad Max | Mad Max | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Cyberpunk | 20 minutes into the future | Neuromancer by William Gibson | 5155 | 2170 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Cyberpunk | 689/127 for "Cyber Punk" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Solarpunk | Future | Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri | 182 | 20 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Solarpunk | 17/2 for "Solar Punk" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Nanopunk | Future | The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson | 19 | 7 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Nanopunk | 21/1 for "Nano Punk" | https://litreactor.com/columns/punkpunk-a-compendium-of-literary-punk-genres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Fashionpunk | Future | Yarn by Jon Armstrong | 2 | 4 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Fashionpunk | http://www.jonarmstrong.com/?fbclid=IwAR0qcv7q8Qvr864nG-Oz-NwELDI879I4W7q7YJEbaAP3QjDqcKAOCjfR7AI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Bugpunk | Future | Bug-based technology | God's War by Kameron Hurley | 5 | 3 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Bugpunk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Ecopunk | Future | Timecaster by Joe Kimball | 12 | 3 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Ecopunk | 2/1 for "Eco Punk" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Cyberprep | Future | Utopian cyberpunk? | Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow | 6 | 2 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Cyberprep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Desertpunk | Future | Dune by Frank Herbert | 1 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Desertpunk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Biopunk | Now | The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi | 808 | 84 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Biopunk | The Windup Girl is also tagged as Steampunk (441) and Cyberpunk (178). 114/10 for "Bio Punk" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Gothicpunk | Now | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Nowpunk | Now | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Cornpunk | Now? | I was literally looking at corn production in the USA to try to find a start year for this... | Under the Empyrean Sky by Chuck Wendig | 4 | 1 | https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/Cornpunk | https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Chuck-Wendig/Under-The-Empyrean-Sky.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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