"Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, Blaylock and myself. Something based on the appropriate technology of the era; like "steampunks", perhaps..."
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- -K.W. Jeter[1]

Jules Verne, one of the forefathers of steampunk
The pen & paper role-playing game (RPG) Space: 1889 is widely recognized as the first true "steampunk" RPG since its introduction in 1988, dealing with Victorian era people discovering a means of interplanetary travel.
Precursors
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The term "steampunk" was not coined until 1987 and any works to that time are considered precursors to the genre.
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