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[/caption]I stumbeled across this interesting read which looks at the reasons behind the popularity of zombies and Steampunk. I think the author hits the nail on the head, both are by products of an underlying sense of ditopia.
Take a look and tell me what you think.
Our imaginations are caught between two unstoppable empires: the retrofuturistic world of steampunk, and the shambling hordes of zombies. The only thing more popular than a steampunk world or a zombie world is steampunk with zombies [see poster above]. But what’s next?
When I think about these two strands of speculative fiction culture, it occurs to me that our love of steampunk and our fascination with zombies are two sides of the same coin. The rest of the story.
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