Air pirate
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Air pirates are a class of stock character from science fiction and fantasy. The characters are pirates who use aircraft or airborne aircraft carriers as their primary vehicles instead of ships. They
Airship crew in Jules Verne's Robur the Conqueror
Steampunk
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Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retro-futuristic technology and aesthetics prominently inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery and design. Steampunk wo
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…the late 19th century, as well as silent films, comics and pulp magazines, and have since appeared in a variety of media, including alternate history, steampunk, and dieselpunk works. In real-life use, the phrase "air piracy" more often refers to the hijacking and illegal seizure of an aircraft. However, there…
Original illustration of Jules Verne's Nautilus engine room
Print (c. 1902) by Albert Robida showing a futuristic view of air travel over Paris in the year 2000 as people leave the opera
"Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique, a 19th-century conception of life in the 20th century
Truth Coffee, a steampunk café in Cape Town, South Africa