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Atompunk: Happy Bermuda Triangle Day!

| 5. Dezember 2011

I guess this is one of the least-known and at the same time earliest holidays in the Atompunk Calendar: Bermuda Triangle Day! In case you did not know: The Bermuda Triangle is named after the course Flight 19, was supposed to take on December 5th 1945. Flight 19 was made up of five very beautiful [...]

No Girls allowed on the Moon

| 25. September 2011

Just came across this one on Paleofuture, and it firmly fits into atompunk gone a bit too far in a baseball jacket wearing direction: Those were the days… 1960. Most people were convinced there would be cities on the moon in their lifetime. Well… ummmmm… It did not quite turn out that way. At least [...]

Euro Steam Con I – Spread the Word

| 22. September 2011

So here it is, the idea of a European Steampunk Convention. Since a lot of things are happening on the other side of the Atlantic and some decent events have taken place in Britain, it is about time something major happens in continental Europe. Thus far, conventions and meet-ups have mostly been local or country-based [...]

Atompunk – Closing the Punk Gap

| 13. September 2011

Over two years ago now, I was musing over what I perceived as a Punk Gap. Back then, I also observed the time period of the gap was dominated by the Space Race. Now I have learned this punk gap has been closed and the Space Race is a major factor in ATOMPUNK. Atompunk is [...]