altpunk · Encyclopedia of alternate futures
What if our present is just a plausible future?
Thirteen -punk families, plotted by when they happen and what they run on. Hover a star to read it, follow the threads to see who borrowed from whom, click to open the file. Lines are influence. Stars in the hatched zone have no fixed era, so they drift.
Influence, lit on hover or focusTab walks the stars, Enter opens the family
§ 01 · Thirteen branches
Every identity at once
Each family wears its own palette and typefaces. Open one to read its history, its pillars, its shelf of works and its words.
01 / 13CyberpunkNear future, 2040 to 2100
02 / 13SteampunkAlternate 19th century, Victorian
03 / 13DieselpunkAlternate 1920s to 1950s
04 / 13BiopunkNear future, post-genomic
05 / 13HydropunkDrowned future, after sea-level rise
06 / 13AtompunkAlternate 1945 to 1965, atomic age
07 / 13SpacepunkFar future, interstellar
08 / 13LunapunkDreamlike, outside time
09 / 13SolarpunkNear future, after the ecological transition
10 / 13FrostpunkAlternate 19th century, volcanic winter
11 / 13PyropunkUndetermined, worlds forged by fire
12 / 13ApocapunkAfter the collapse
13 / 13PsychopunkVariable, subjective realities
§ 02 · Ways in