photo by Wayne Minert About a month ago I wrote an article about what people should expect when building an airship crew. It included a list of considerations such as the purpose of the crew, the setting you’re placing yourself…
Historical Technology
Josef Ressel: the inventor of the propeller
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Josef Ludwig Franz Ressel was born on June 29th, 1793 in the Bohemian town of Chundrum. His mother was Marija Ana Konvichkova, a Czech, and his father Anton Hermann Ressel, a German. He came from a poor family that couldn’t…
Steampunk Mass Communications
by Zachariah Fantastique • • Comments Off
Much of Steampunk fiction takes place in the latter half of the 19th Century, with some crossover to the very early days of the 20th. One element of storytelling that we find in prominent position, and especially for those stories…
Keeping history relevant: Some thoughts for prospective contributors
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January 11th, 2012 marked the 77th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s flight from Honolulu to Oakland, the first flight across the Pacific made by a woman. This and other “firsts” by Earhart, more than her disappearance in 1937, make hers a…
The Steampunk Guide to Airships
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Airships are a familiar technology in the steampunk genre. Aerostat (lighter-than-air) in design, they differ from the simple hot air balloon in their ability to be steered using propellers and rudders. Today, airships have lost out to the speed, manoeuvrability…