After expanding on Neuromancer with two more novels to complete the dystopic Sprawl trilogy, Gibson became an important author of another science fiction sub-genre — steampunk — with the 1990 alternate history novel The Difference Engine, written with Bruce Sterling.

* The cyberpunk novelists William Gibson and Bruce Sterling co-authored a steampunk novel of alternative history titled The Difference Engine in which Babbage's Difference and Analytical Engines became available to Victorian society.

The Baby Killers, a 2010 steampunk novel by Jay Lake from PS Publishing recasts Le Pétomane as a French secret agent.

The steampunk novel Starcross also included references to a ' flat cat ', but whimsically described it as a terrestrial domestic cat flattened by an automatic laundry mangle.

* Dreadnought, by Cherie Priest, an alternate history steampunk novel, 2010

Although not a steampunk novel, much of the technology featured in the book, such as locomotives ( albeit fusion ) and propeller-driven aircraft, appears to hearken back to Earth's near-history rather than to standard visions of the future.

The Peshawar Lancers is an alternate history, steampunk, post-apocalyptic fiction adventure novel by S. M. Stirling, with its point of divergence occurring in 1878 when the Earth is struck by a devastating meteor shower.

He appears as a minor character in the clockpunk / steampunk novel Whitechapel Gods by S. M.

He is also the author of three different, completed series ; Broken Sky, an anime-influenced fantasy serial for children, Braided Path, a fantasy trilogy for adults, and Malice, a young adult fantasy that mixes graphic novel with the traditional novel ; as well as another, ongoing series, Tales of the Ketty Jay, a steampunk sci-fi fantasy for adults.

The pair have also created Scarlet Traces, a sequel of sorts to H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds in graphic novel form, and Leviathan, a steampunk horror series which appeared in 2000 AD, and contributed a two-part storyline to the Batman event No Man's Land.

Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of such technology as lighter-than-air airships, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace's Analytical Engine.

The game is set in a steampunk Victorian age in which one or two players must battle the hostile creations of the titular Chaos Engine across four landscapes and ultimately defeat the Chaos Engine and its deranged inventor.

* The Bitmap Brothers ' steampunk styled video game, The Chaos Engine ( 1993 ), includes a playable character called " The Navvie ", who is said to have single-handedly constructed the Banshee Boardwalk.

Steampunk also refers to art, fashion, and design that are informed by the aesthetics of steampunk literature.

Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical " steampunk " style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.

Titus Alone ( 1959 ), by Mervyn Peake, anticipated many of the tropes of steampunk.

It was to add steampunk elements to the fantasy setting, set in a world where the past, present and future of Sosaria were merged by a mistake made by Lord British while attempting to merge the shards of the Gem of Immortality.

A cave drawing of a Silurian and a Sea Devil appear in a cave on Mars in a work of steampunk fiction by D ' Israeli, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game.

* The Mars of the steampunk RPG Space: 1889 ( 1988 ) is crisscrossed by artificial canals which support cities inhabited by the ancient civilization of the Canal Martians.

In Sherlock Holmes ( 2009 ) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ( 2011 ), the cerebral detective ( played by Robert Downey, Jr .) is transformed into an athletic ( and romantic ) action hero in a steampunk fantasy version of Victorian England.

* " Land of the Lost ", a track on the 2004 album, The Dr. Steel Collection, by steampunk / dieselpunk / rivethead musician Dr. Steel

Dark Chronicle, like its predecessor, is set in a fantasy world that is in some ways inspired by the steampunk style.

is a 2004 Japanese steampunk animated film produced by Sunrise, directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira.

The character designs emulate Yokoyama's drawing style and the mechanics are inspired by steampunk literature.

It is set in the late 19th century where impossible technologies such as landships and " floating liquid " exist side by side in this exciting steampunk world.

A thriving commercial zone has emerged along Vanderbilt Avenue and Washington Avenue, which in just the last few years has been the location for new bars, restaurants and specialty shops, including New York's first steampunk bar, boutique wine shop and restaurant opened by Michelin-starred chef.

Warmachine is a tabletop steampunk wargame produced by Privateer Press.

It features a female lead character in an alternate-history Victorian-style " steampunk " setting, although elements veer from what is usually thought of as steampunk.

They started the initial design in 1998 on a steampunk / fantasy crossover computer RPG named Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and convinced Sierra Entertainment to publish it.

* Dr. Arliss Loveless from Wild Wild West is a steampunk cyborg, along with one of his minions

On 16 December 2010, Variety reported that Gilliam is to " godfather " a film called 1884 which is described as an animated steampunk parody of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, with several former Pythons lending their voice talents to the project whereas Gilliam will be credited as " creative adviser ".

" The presence of futuristic technology in a Victorian era Western places the series in the steampunk genre ; it is one of the few such shows to have aired on prime-time television.

The setting is a steampunk Victorian era England.

The film is considered to be a notable example of the steampunk genre, where steam-powered machines in the Victorian age are prominently used.

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne is a 22-episode science fiction television series in the steampunk genre that first aired in June 2000 on CBC Television in Canada and in syndication in the United States.

The group's only recurring enemy is the League of Darkness, an international terrorist organization aiming to use steampunk technology to rule the world.

The film is widely regarded as a steampunk film as, despite pre-dating the widespread use of the term, the typical stylistic features of arcane, but visible, machinery are pervasive throughout.

He is famous for his quartet The Age of Unreason, a steampunk / alchemical story starring Benjamin Franklin and Isaac Newton.

One of the most popular characteristics of steampunk is the appearance of naked clockwork and rusty gears.

It also differs from classic steampunk in that technology is not just limited to machines but also encompasses biology.

There is also a strongly emerging genre of steampunk art.