SubscribeVarious modern utilitarian objects such as computer keyboards and electric guitars[9] have been reimplemented by individual craftpersons in a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style. The goal of the redesigns are to employ appropriate materials (such as polished brass) with design elements and craftsmanship consistent with the Victorian era. This is a form of modding.
Dear Locus,See that. That's the first use of the term, the guy just made it up right then and there, and he gave it a specific definition, to describe some works of literature. Now you come by 20 years later and decide the word means something else entirely based nothing whatsoever beyond your own ego.
Enclosed is a copy of my 1979 novel Morlock Night; I'd appreciate your being so good as to route it Faren Miller, as it's a prime piece of evidence in the great debate as to who in "the Powers/Blaylock/Jeter fantasy triumvirate" was writing in the "gonzo-historical manner" first. Though of course, I did find her review in the March Locus to be quite flattering.
Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like "steampunks," perhaps ...
-- K.W. Jeter.[1]
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