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prophets, and writers of science fiction:
Albert Robida
Robida was the opposite of a writer of 'steampunk' - he wrote in the 19th century of life in the 20th century with the future technologies that he envisaged as likely to develop.
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E. M. Forster
Forster's science fiction short story 'The machine stops', written in 1909, which I was introduced to by one of my sons, who had 'done' it in school, is a heart-stopping vision of a world that looks grimly like the one we live in.
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Keith Roberts
Pavane by Keith Roberts portrays an alternative 20th century with the main transport system being based on
steam road-locomotives and telecommunication based on visual telegraph stations - much like Jamaica in the 1850s! |
steampunk:
Here is a listing of the most outstanding examples of Classic Steampunk
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