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Originally Posted by alansplace
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.

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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.