by Nick Valentino<\/p>\n
Steampunk is a genre\/culture that\u2019s fast becoming a pop culture phenomenon. I wrote the book \u201cThomas Riley\u201d which is a Steampunk adventure novel, just before the wave of high powered popularity hit which makes it interesting for me to watch it grow. For those that don\u2019t know what Steampunk is, the shortest way I can explain it is Jules Verne meets Indiana Jones with near limitless technology based off of steam and old world power sources. <\/p>\n
So why the sudden rise in popularity? Why are people meeting up dressed in top hats, goggles and homemade light up backpacks and machinery? I\u2019m going out on a limb to say that the Steampunk\u2019s popularity is growing as a response to modern day complexities. What I mean by that is the world as we know it is full of technology that\u2019s hard for any of us to really understand. How exactly does a Kindle work? To me it\u2019s a foreign technology from a different world. Steampunk is a hands-on endeavor, where patrons of the culture are able to use their hands and make everything by themselves. It\u2019s the human mind and the spirit of ingenuity that inspires the Steampunk movement. You make your own \u201cweaponry\u201d, you make your own backpacks, watches, art, posters\u2026 It\u2019s all DYI and you make it with clockwork, machine parts or whatever you can think of. <\/p>\n
In addition to that, the style of steampunk is Victorian dress. Finally you have a reason to dress up while being adventurous at the same time. A big complaint about Steampunk is that it\u2019s strictly a fashion statement. In fact it\u2019s far from that. It\u2019s only a fashion statement when you dress up for the sake of dressing up. The essence of the culture is based around a do it yourself life, one that you can express yourself through your own hand. So go forth! Make you\u2019re your own identity, really the rules are few and far between when it comes to this culture so make it up as you see fit. <\/p>\n
In the spirit of do it yourself, and now that you\u2019re obviously curious about Steampunk, you can learn more at www.sirthomasriley.com <\/a><\/p>\n For those that are currently hooked, you can buy the book here: http:\/\/thomasriley.bigcartel.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n And for those that want to enlist as a Sky Pirate, go here and you\u2019ll get enlistment papers.
\nhttp:\/\/www.sirthomasriley.com\/recruiting-sky-pirates\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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