Steampunk Magazine is an online and print semi-annual magazine devoted to the steampunk

Steampunk

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...

 subculture. It is published under a Creative Commons

Creative Commons

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 license, and is free

Gratis

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 for download. In March 2008, Steampunk Magazine began offering free subscriptions to incarcerated Americans, as a "celebration" of 1% of the US population being eligible.

Steampunk Magazine is published by Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness in the United States and by Vagrants Among Ruins in the United Kingdom.

Reception and Recognition

• Two of the editors, Magpie Killjoy and Libby Bulloff, were at the 2008 Maker's Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area
  San Francisco Bay Area
  The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
  
  .

• The popular blog Boing Boing
  Boing Boing
  Boing Boing is a publishing entity, first established as a magazine, later becoming a group blog.-History:...
  
   has also announced every Steampunk Magazine release to date, including their Steampunk's Guide To The Apocalypse.

• Steampunk Magazine was mentioned in a Newsweek
  Newsweek
  Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
  
   article discussing the steampunk movement as an example of a steampunk periodical

• An article in The Yale Herald
  The Yale Herald
  The Yale Herald is a newspaper run by undergraduate students at Yale University since 1986. As a weekly, the paper aims to provide in-depth, investigative reporting, and includes comics, arts and entertainment coverage, sports and intramurals sections, and coverage of campus and local events...
  
   uses Steampunk Magazine as an example of microcultures and their ability to thrive on the internet.

Issue #1

Putting the Punk Back into Steampunk

Interviews with:

• Author Michael Moorcock
  Michael Moorcock
  Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
  
  
• The Original Steampunk Band, Abney Park
  Abney Park (band)
  Abney Park is a band based in Seattle that mixes elements of industrial dance, world music, and steampunk influenced lyrics in their work. Their name comes from Abney Park Cemetery in London...
  
  
• Singer/Songwriter Thomas Truax
  Thomas Truax
  Thomas Truax is an American songwriter, performer, and inventor of experimental musical instruments currently residing in London, England.-Biography:...
  
  
• Composer Darcy James Argue
  Darcy James Argue
  Darcy James Argue is a Canadian jazz composer and bandleader.-Biography:Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Argue came to the United States in 2000 to study composition at the New England Conservatory...
  
  

Issue #3

The Sky is Falling

Contents include:

• Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
  
• Interview with Doctor Steel
  Doctor Steel
  Doctor Steel , is a self-published American musician located in Southern California, prominent in the Steampunk, Goth, and Rivethead scenes. He has performed on rare occasions with a "backup band", claiming that a fictitious robot band had malfunctioned...
  
  

Issue #4

Our Lives as Fantastic as any Fiction

Contents include:

• Donna Lynch and Steven Archer

Issue #5

Long Live Steampunk!

Contents include:

• Musician Voltaire
  Voltaire (musician)
  Voltaire , is a popular dark cabaret Cuban-American musician...
  
  

Issue #6

The Pre-Industrial Revolution

Contents include:

• Author John Reppion
  John Reppion
  John Mark Reppion is a British writer. He is married to Leah Moore, the daughter of Alan Moore, and he has worked with both on the comic Albion.-Biography:...
  
  
• Interview with Ghostfire