![]() ![]() In actuality, nineteenth century industrial technology was unable to produce large-scale models of the mechanical. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine is the first collaborative novel by two of the most brilliant and controversial science fiction authors of our time. Gibson and Sterling imagine the Victorian era with one key difference. ![]() Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for. Description: Without an introduction an interviewer asks Bruce Sterling and William Gibson about their book Difference Engine, and Gibson says that he and Sterling began discussing the subject matter before they decided to do a book. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history - and the future: Sybil Gerard - dishonored woman and daughter of a Luddite agitator Edward "Leviathan" Mallory - explorer and paleontologist Laurence Oliphant - diplomat and spy. A 20th-anniversary edition of the seminal novel that helped to bring about the current fascination with steampunk fiction. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. ![]() ![]() 1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. ![]()
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