Historical fantasy
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Historical fantasy is a category of fantasy and genre of historical fiction that incorporates fantastic elements into a more "realistic" narrative. There is much crossover with other subgenres of fant
Cassim in the treasure-filled thieves' cave
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
Historical fantasy
…reproduced, save for limited infusions of working magic located within a "secret history." All three approaches have overlapped in the subgenre of steampunk commonly associated with science fiction literature. However, not all steampunk fantasy belongs to the historical fantasy subgenre. After Antoine…
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