Meaning of dieselpunk | Babel Free

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A genre of science fiction and art that combines fictional retrofuturistic elements with the technology, culture, and aesthetics of the period of history beginning in the interbellum between World War I and World War II and ending around the 1950s (known as the "diesel era" within the dieselpunk community).

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Examples

“In other words, steampunk explores adjustment to an industrial culture from the opposite direction to cyberpunk -- but has very much the same agenda. Me, I'm trying to write dieselpunk ...”

“[…] post-apocalyptic dieselpunk action adventure […]”

“BioShock isn't steampunk, it's dieselpunk.”

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