Clockwork Futures

The Science of Steampunk and the Reinvention of the Modern World

By: Brandy Schillace

Write A Review

Paperback | 9 October 2018

At a Glance

Paperback
320 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27

Paperback

$32.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $8.25 with

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

Airships and electric submarines, automatons and mesmerists?welcome to the wild world of steampunk. It is all speculative?or is it? Meet the intrepid souls who pushed Victorian technology to its limits and paved the way for our present age.

Industry Reviews

A wide-ranging narrative. Those not yet immersed in the steampunk ethos will get a sweeping introduction to the heroes, outlaws, and automatons populating the subgenre and their real-life progenitors. An engaging social history of technology and invention that offers a great nonfiction crossover for steampunk fans. Schillace examines rituals of bereavement across cultures and across time. She points toward the confusion that has emerged in a technological age when brain death, heart death and other definitions becloud our understanding of expiry itself. We don't know what death means or even what it is. Schillace perceives the forces behind our misaligned contemporary attitudes about mortality. A thoughtful and wide-ranging examination. Schillace looks at how cultures worldwide have dealt with death, both in the past and present. Schillace writers glowingly of a growing movement to counter the death-denying attitude of Western society. Wide-ranging and surprisingly easy reading. Schillace's explorations are extensive and interdisciplinary, drawing on research in the sciences but also valuing the many expressions of death in the arts. With her personable voice, she is able to breathe compassion into what might otherwise be a depressing topic. Endlessly fascinating. This vibrant window to other lives also creates a deeper understanding of one's own.

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.