The sub-genres are spreading like a rash
Inferno-krusher, clockpunk, The New Comprehensible; new subgenres and literary manifestos seem to be the thing this year. Warren Ellis has unearthed yet another one for us. Heliumpunk is:
“A future or near-future setting where anachronistic and obsolete technology is given a new lease on life, not just because it is cool, but for plausible reasons within the setting.”
Hmmm. It’s too sensible to really catch on, IMHO.
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April 5th, 2007 at 8:46 am
[...] “punk” is used to create subgengreas of science fiction, and it’s getting a bit worn. (and methinks i’m not alone) [...]
April 8th, 2007 at 7:10 am
See also PrattPunk/TimPunk.