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title: "The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams"
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# The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams

**Price:** 1025 kr
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- **What is this?** The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams
- **How much does it cost?** 1025 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

This comprehensive guide to Steampunk creations of all kinds offers inspiration and practical tips for bringing your own retro-futuristic visions to life. Whether you’re a newbie to the world of Steampunk, or a long-time enthusiast of airships, goggles, and mad scientists, The Steampunk User’s Manual is essential reading. The popular subgenre of science fiction has grown into a cultural movement; one that invites fans to let their imaginations go wild. In this volume, Jeff VanderMeer ―the renowned expert in all things Steampunk―presents practical and inspirational guidance for finding your own path into this realm. Including sections on art, fashion, architecture, crafts, music, performance, and storytelling, The Steampunk User's Manual provides a conceptual how-to guide on everything from the utterly doable to the completely over-the-top.

Review: An interesting read and a good manual to use - This book is very interesting, and when paired with the Steampunk Bible, offers an in depth definition and exploration of Steampunk as a genre. This book is more for practically oriented people, who for example are working on Steampunk based costumes, props, and settings, whether they're amateurs or professionals. Readers also get introduced to steampunk artists and their works- which they may not have otherwise learned about.
Review: I've wanted this one since I bought the Steampunk Bible last year, now I've got the pair. - Beautiful,phenomenal condition. No bent, marked up or missing pages, no dings or discolor on the covers. It looks like it's hardly if ever been read. It's missing that "New book smell". That's not too shabby!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,061,303 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #131 in Other RPGs #1,217 in Fashion Craft #40,760 in Science Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 292 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An interesting read and a good manual to use
*by J***H on October 10, 2025*

This book is very interesting, and when paired with the Steampunk Bible, offers an in depth definition and exploration of Steampunk as a genre. This book is more for practically oriented people, who for example are working on Steampunk based costumes, props, and settings, whether they're amateurs or professionals. Readers also get introduced to steampunk artists and their works- which they may not have otherwise learned about.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I've wanted this one since I bought the Steampunk Bible last year, now I've got the pair.
*by J***O on March 29, 2022*

Beautiful,phenomenal condition. No bent, marked up or missing pages, no dings or discolor on the covers. It looks like it's hardly if ever been read. It's missing that "New book smell". That's not too shabby!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Will take a second read
*by Y***E on February 27, 2023*

Loaded with an amazing amount of information, to the degree I was unable to absorb sufficient content. Will require a second read (possibly a third) to garner the content I was searching for.

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*Last updated: 2026-09-16*