Edmonton recently got its own animatronic dinosaur farm just north of the city, and my son can't wait to go. We recently got to enjoy a trip to the Calgary Zoo by the good graces of fellow blogger Cory Gross to see the animatronic dinosaurs newly on display. What I didn't anticipate was how my research of steampunk would coincide with the stories and films I loved as kid: Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and it's Disney adaptation movies like Warlords of Atlantis, which I saw at Saturday matinees in the days before VCRs obliterated such re-showings on the big screen and the blend of high-adventure elements which were the space of my childhood daydreams - airships, steam-trains, pirates, heroes, and while not as often, still present on occasion - dinosaurs.īoth my children love dinosaurs. thesis helped me cast the deciding vote toward steampunk when she told me she'd love to be my graduate advisor if I chose steampunk as my topic. My pragmatism was related both to finding a subject I could abide digging through for 4-6 years, and having a supervisor I got along with. My curiosity stemmed from having read Steffen Hantke's seminal article on steampunk, "Difference Engines and Other Infernal Devices: History According to Steampunk." I knew more steampunk had been released since 1999, and was curious to read some.
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When I chose steampunk as a research topic for my dissertation, I did it out of a mix of curiosity and pragmatism.