The Illustrated New World of Victorian Steampunk: Reimagining Modern Civilization Through Steampunk Technology
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Seabrook's The Illustrated New World of Victorian Steampunk explores a fascinating alternate modern civilization powered by evolved Victorian technology, steam, gears, and mechanical ingenuity.
 
DETAILS
AUTHOR: Lochlainn Seabrook.
ILLUSTRATOR: Lochlainn Seabrook.
CONTENT: adult nonfiction.
SUBJECTS: Victorian Era, steampunk studies, technology, alternative history, Victorian science fiction, fiction, historical fiction, Western civilization, speculative history, art, illustrations, inventions, retro-futurism, coffee table.
ILLUSTRATED: yes (color).
SIZE: 11” w x 8.5” h (landscape format).
LENGTH: 392 pgs.
COVER: paperback/perfect bound/matte finish; hardcover/case laminate/matte finish.
PUBLISHER: Sea Raven Press.
ISBN:  979-8-950389-16-0 (paperback).
ISBN:  979-8-950389-17-7 (hardcover).
 
FULL DESCRIPTION
A World Where the Victorian Age Never Ended—It Evolved.
 
What if the Western world had never moved beyond the Victorian era, but instead embraced Steampunk aesthetics and technology?
 
In The Illustrated New World of Victorian Steampunk: Reimagining Modern Civilization Through Steampunk Technology, author, historian, and artist Lochlainn Seabrook answers that question by presenting a vividly imagined fictional civilization in which Victorian science, engineering, culture, and mechanical ingenuity evolved into the modern age.
 
Across 160 richly detailed profiles, Seabrook explores virtually every dimension of this remarkable Steampunk world, from cities, architecture, transportation, industry, and communications to home life, fashion, commerce, medicine, education, government, entertainment, sports, warfare, exploration, and spaceflight.
 
Steam-powered machinery, clockwork mechanisms, advanced automata, airships, locomotives, mechanical computers, and countless ingenious inventions demonstrate how nineteenth-century technology might have developed along an entirely different path.
 
Each profile combines historical foundations with imaginative worldbuilding and an original full-color illustration, creating an immersive visual encyclopedia of a world that is at once Victorian and modern.
 
Beyond its Steampunk vision, the book celebrates the heritage of Western civilization, preserving and honoring its art, architecture, traditions, institutions, craftsmanship, and cultural achievements for a new generation of readers.
 
Both a premium illustrated reference and a work of alternate history, this lavishly illustrated coffee-table volume is designed for Steampunk enthusiasts, history buffs, artists, writers, worldbuilders, collectors, and admirers of Victorian culture.
 
With 160 original full-color illustrations accompanying its 160 profiles, it is a substantial visual compendium created to be explored, displayed, and revisited. Step inside The Illustrated New World of Victorian Steampunk and discover the extraordinary modern civilization that steam built.
 
Available in paperback and hardcover.
 
PUBLISHER’S REVIEW: “In a breathtaking reimagining of the modern Western world, bestselling literary figure, artist, and historian Lochlainn Seabrook combines Victorian history, Steampunk technology, alternate history, and spectacular original artwork in his one-of-a-kind work, The Illustrated New World of Victorian Steampunk. Through 160 richly illustrated profiles, Seabrook explores an extraordinary civilization where Victorian science, engineering, aesthetics, and traditions continued evolving into the modern age, transforming everything from architecture, transportation, industry, and communications to medicine, education, entertainment, fashion, warfare, exploration, and spaceflight. At once imaginative and historically grounded, the book celebrates and preserves the art, architecture, institutions, craftsmanship, traditions, and cultural achievements of Western civilization. Beautifully illustrated, richly informative, and remarkably comprehensive, this exceptional volume belongs in the collection of every Steampunk enthusiast, history buff, artist, worldbuilder, and admirer of Victorian culture.” — SEA RAVEN PRESS
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR-ARTIST: American polymath Lochlainn Seabrook is a bestselling multi-genre author, award-winning historian, and acclaimed multidisciplinary artist whose work spans history, natural history, science, religion, the arts, philosophy, and the unknown. With more than 130 published books to his credit, he is known for his disciplined scholarship, clear prose, vibrant original artwork, and commitment to evidence-based inquiry. 
 
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