Topic summary
Atompunk
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Cyberpunk derivatives.
Atompunk
Atompunk (also known as atomicpunk) relates to the pre-digital period of 1945–1969, including mid-century modernism; the Atomic, Jet, and Space Ages; communism, Neo-Soviet styling, and early Cold War espionage, along with anti-communist and Red Scare paranoia in the United States; British "Mod" culture; underground cinema; Googie architecture; Sputnik and the Space Race; silver agecomic books and superhero fiction; and the rise of the American military–industrial complex.