atompunk

English

Etymology

atom +‎ -punk

Noun

atompunk (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of speculative fiction, based on the technology and society of the atomic era.
    • 2001 October 31, Simon Bradshaw <sjbradshaw@cix.co.uk>, “Re: Steampunk Recommendations?”, in rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet‎, message-ID <27a234f020d68d8b>:
      In fact, there was a fair amount of stuff around in the 60s and 70s that can only be explained as cross-dimensional leakage from an Atompunk universe.
    • 2002 June 10, Michael Pastor <msimone69@hotmail.com>, “Re: Land Battleships”, in rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet‎, message-ID <27a234f020d68d8b>:
      Perfect "atompunk" feel - reactors with nervous engineers and analog controls.
    • 2004 March 6, Michael Pastor <michael_pastor@hotmail.com>, “Re: Earth-2 Legion Synopsis”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.lsh, Usenet‎, message-ID <c5b19953c1f2289e>:
      For the Legion, we're looking at 20th century futures rather than 19th. Analogies with steampunk might be "dieselpunk", "atompunk", or "rocketpunk"-- but any Legion of Super-Heroes worthy of the name seems to be as far from the "punk" aspect as it's possible to get.
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