Whereas such authors as William Gibson, Michael Swanwick and Walter Jon Williams have explored the futuristic commingling of human being and computer in their 'cyberpunk' novels and stories, Jeter and his compatriots, whom he half-jokingly has dubbed 'steampunks,' are having a grand time creating wacko historical fantasies.DieselpunkThis brings us to the origin of the term Dieselpunk.