Reactions to the Victoriental issue of the Gatehouse Gazette have been pretty fierce in the wake of its release earlier this month. The opinions of those provoked by it may best be summarized by Ay-leen who noted that using the phrase “Victorientalism” to imply a “positive, transcultural blend” of cultures is “misguided.” Others have been less ...

As the debate about steampunk and politics flares up once again, it is prudent, perhaps, to consider what has been written on the subject lately. For that reason, we provide an overview of the debate about steampunk politics anno 2010....

In general, the history of cinema seems to be more significantly linked to dieselpunk and cyberpunk as opposed to steampunk. This isn’t surprising, considering cinema isn’t considered to have entered its prime until the 1920s, around the beginning of the “dieselpunk” era. However, it’s important to remember that in 1895, the Lumière brothers held their first ...

Steampunk is overwhelmingly a Western phenomena. Besides an interest in the genre in Japan, most steampunk enthusiasts seem to be Westerners and most of steampunk fiction either takes place in the Western world or featured Western characters. But, of course, there is more to steampunk than Victorian Britain. In fact, we at The Gatehouse always like ...