Strange & Grim
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Dieselpunk is a relatively new term applied to an older idea of a subgenre of science fiction that is set in the interwar period of the 1920s-1950s. A dieselpunk setting is one in which culture and technology progressed in a more linear manner as opposed to the vertical manner in which our reality has witnessed over the last 70-100 years. Civilization instead focuses on the use of diesel power and industrialization; steel and grime. Unlike Victorian era in which Steampunk is centered, most Dieselpunk inspiration comes from the Western inter-war period of the 1920s-1950s. Trains, airships, massive steel buildings, and chromed-out vehicles are all substantial influences to the genre.
