Clockpunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction which is similar, but different from Steampunk. The technology used is based on springs, clockwork and uses very intensively the works of Leonardo da Vinci. As such, it is typically set during the Renaissance. The idea is farely new and very little works have been created in this genre. A rocket lands on the moon in Le Voyage dans la Lune, the film adaptation of Jules Vernes From the Earth to the Moon. ... The Mona Lisa Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. ...
"Clockpunk" (so called because of the use of clockwork machinations, as opposed to steam-engine) is one of the more relatively prominent, set during the Renaissance era or a fantasy equivalent thereof.
The term was coined in the GURPS role-playing supplement GURPS Steampunk, and is a relatively uncommon subgenre, appearing most famously in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, in which things we would consider "modern technology" are invented with a combination of Renaissance technology and, perhaps, magic.
Clockpunk works include Pasquale's Angel by Paul J. McAuley and the comic book 1602 by Neil Gaiman.
As a continuing play on the cyber/steam-punk naming convention, there have been a handful of divergent terms based on the general conceits of steampunk, although dissecting such a fringe genre is mostly a frivolous exercise in semantics.
"Clockpunk" (so called because of the use of clockwork machinations, as opposed to steam-engine) is one of the more relatively prominent, inspired by the "ahead-of-their-time" designs of Leonardo da Vinci and set during the Renaissance era or a fantasy equivalent thereof.
The term was coined in the GURPS role-playing supplement GURPS Steampunk, and appears most famously in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, in which things we would consider "modern technology" are invented with a combination of Renaissance technology and, perhaps, magic.
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