An 'Adventure-Friendly World,' which, no matter how 'Technology Marches On,' remains firmly rooted in the cultural and political sensibilities of the age of 'Wooden Ships and Iron Men.' Many works of modern fantasy or speculative fiction are set in a mostly watery world with distant islands connected by trade routes, ships sailing back and forth, and mighty colonial nations vying for rulership of the oceans and seas. May contain Organic Technology, and have a large focus on what happens under the waves as well as over. Fantastic elements based on old sailors' superstitions (mermaids, abandoned derelicts that often aren't so abandoned after all, giant sea monsters) also make a frequent appearance. This may also be a type of 'After the End setting.'
And of course it should go without saying, OceanPunk and PiratePunk share certain, obvious similarities!
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SF Sub-Genre Definitions
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