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Sterling, Bruce, Gibson, William
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Language: English
Published by Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2096
- Softcover
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- Title
- The Difference Engine
- Author
- Sterling, Bruce, Gibson, William
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Publication year
- 2096
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0575600292
- ISBN 13
- 9780575600294
- Item weight
- 0.452 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
The computer age has arrived a century ahead of time with Charles Babbage's perfection of his Analytical Engine. The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the development of steam-driven cybernetic Engines, is in full and drastic swing. Great Britain, with her calculating-cannons, steam dreamnoughts, machine-guns and information technology, prepares to better the world's lot ...
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Review
A collaborative novel from the premier cyberpunk authors, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine takes us not forward but back, to an imagined 1885: the Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven, cybernetic engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time.
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