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  • noun A subgenre of speculative fiction, based on the technology and society of the Renaissance.

Etymologies

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clock +‎ -punk, from clockwork

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Examples

  • I'd call it 'clockpunk', but that conjures the image of gangs of teenaged clocks hanging around corners, mugging people for their pocket watches.

    REVIEW: Mainspring by Jay Lake 2007

  • I will immodestly point out that some people consider MAINSPRING steampunk (or clockpunk, which is a subset of steampunk).

    The Age of Steampunk Lou Anders 2007

  • But it's going from strength to strength, and spinning off other alternate history models like the Renaissance-era "clockpunk" stuff you're seeing coming up.

    Archive 2010-05-01 David Moore 2010

  • But it's going from strength to strength, and spinning off other alternate history models like the Renaissance-era "clockpunk" stuff you're seeing coming up.

    Your Questions Answered! David Moore 2010

  • The victoriana of steampunk and the geeky back-to-basics wonder of clockpunk communities tend to be very female-friendly, with a strongly feminine streak mixed into the rivets and brass.

    Number 9, Number 9 Heather McDougal 2009

  • Within these pages there are stories of exploration, extrapolation, alternate worlds, three kinds of punk (woodpunk, clockpunk and machinepunk), police procedural, robots, genetic engineering, and more.

    May 2009 2009

  • Within these pages there are stories of exploration, extrapolation, alternate worlds, three kinds of punk (woodpunk, clockpunk and machinepunk), police procedural, robots, genetic engineering, and more.

    REVIEW: The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3 edited by George Mann 2009

  • He is also behind the steampunk project Dr. Roundbottom found at clockpunk. com.

    MIND MELD: The Pros and Cons of eBooks 2009

  • "A Soul Stitched to Iron" by Tim Akers is a clockpunk story (my first!) that offers an interesting premise (a criminal tasked by a mob boss to solve a mystery of an influential family) in an interesting setting (the wonderful and weird city of Veridon) with a beautifully creepy opening scene.

    REVIEW: The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3 edited by George Mann 2009

  • The victoriana of steampunk and the geeky back-to-basics wonder of clockpunk communities tend to be very female-friendly, with a strongly feminine streak mixed into the rivets and brass.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Heather McDougal 2009

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  • vanishedone commented on the word clockpunk

    http://davinciautomata.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/introducing-clockpunk/: 'Historical Clockpunk explores how the world would have turned out if certain technological developments that occurred later had happened in the Renaissance and or certain inventions in the time of the Renaissance were created on a mass scale in the time period.Non-historical Clockpunk is set in settings similar to the Renaissance but on alternative worlds, planets etc.'

    November 7, 2007

  • seanahan commented on the word clockpunk

    How is this different than alternative history?

    November 8, 2007

  • vanishedone commented on the word clockpunk

    I'm not sure it is different: maybe a sub-genre.

    November 8, 2007