Silkpunk is an offshoot of steampunk (sort of), similar to clockpunk, candlepunk, gearpunk, cyberpunk, dieselpunk, solarpunk, and decopunk. But silkpunk takes things waaay, waaay back in time and to a different part of the world than where -punk usually goes. It was invented/established by the author Ken Liu, who wrote The Grace of Kings.
“The technology aesthetic I’m going for is what I call ‘silkpunk,’ which is of course analogous to steampunk,” he says. “[There are] battle kites, giant airships that are propelled by oars through the air instead of propellers, and even underwater boats.”
And though the book features much that’s pure fantasy—sea monsters, meddling gods, and telepathic books—all the silkpunk technology has a basis in real history.
“All of these are based on direct East Asian analogs or extensions of what was done,” says Liu. “So it’s a fun tech fantasy world that I think people will enjoy.” (x, emphasis added by me)
Hopefully this takes off because it sounds freaking awesome.
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