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Old 11-17-2014, 05:17 PM   #4951
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Originally Posted by alansplace View Post
No, like I said, that list consists of some of the more well-known *antecedents of Steampunk.

*an·te·ced·ent
ˌan(t)əˈsēdnt/
noun
noun: antecedent; plural noun: antecedents

1.
a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.

adjective
adjective: antecedent

1.
preceding in time or order; previous or preexisting.

I was probably confused by the way at least some of those are AFAIR considered steampunk, and didn't notice that word.

I am not sure liking the antecedents necessarily equates to liking the steampunk genre, to me that association just didn't work.
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