Meaning of decopunk | Babel Free

Definitions

A subset of the dieselpunk science fiction genre and aesthetic that incorporates Art Deco elements and other aspects of the technology, culture, and fashion of the 1920s-1930s.

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“The walls are bedecked with improbable decopunk contraptions, a chrome rocket hangs above the entrance, and the servers are uniformed in snappy Eastern European military outfits, like crew members of a visiting zeppelin.”

“Join Valente, bestselling author of the Fairyland series, for a talk on Radiance, a decopunk pulp sci fi alt-history space opera mystery set in a Hollywood—and solar system—very different from our own.”

“Although it represents an underdeveloped derivative of cyberpunk, decopunk appears a more adequate descriptor for Bioshock's visual and design aesthetic, both externally and internally.”

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