Fullsteam Ahead

The State of Things

Fullsteam Ahead

吉彩网网站 | By Frank Stasio

Published July 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM EDT

Book cover, ''The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities''

Mix Victorian-era fashion and culture with powerful, futuristic machines and what do you get? Steampunk, a quirky subgenre of science fiction that is again growing in popularity. This weekend, a celebration of steampunk sponsored by comes to in Durham, North Carolina.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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