Victorian Steampunk
Steampunk reinterpretation of Victorian era with fantastical machinery.
by Liz Dean, Beverley Speight · 2014
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The record
Steampunk is a sub-genre of Speculative Fiction set in periods of alternate history, most notably the Victorian era. This allows writers to place their stories in a fantastical universe where technology and machinery are largely steam- powered. There are many easily recognised conventions in Steampunk and Steam-art, from the inevitable clockwork cogs and gears decorating everyday fashions and objects, the inevitable brown Victorian clothing, dirigibles of wafting through the sky, fantastical gadgetry and vehicles, and London smog. Several Steampunk tarots have already been published, most notably Aly Fell and Barbara Moore's exceptional deck - which has set an almost impossibly high standard against which other Steampunk decks will inevitably be measured. The Victorian Steampunk Tarot kinda, sorta careens around the edges of genuine Steampunk, but never fully immerses its self in it, or Victoriana. Sure, there are the ubiquitous clockwork wheels - the all-purpose allusion to steam, and the occasional genuine Victorian image or artefact - But the collages that make up the images in this deck are basically lightweight. This is a 78 card tarot, with 22 Major and 56 and Minor Arcana. O
The cards
