explorer / books · 1992
The Difference Engine
William Gibson & Bruce Sterling

Published 1990 by Gollancz · 429 pages
Nebula Nominee 1992
Science FictionSynopsis
In an alternate Victorian England where Charles Babbage perfected his mechanical computer, the Information Age arrives a century early, transforming British society into an industrial technocracy. Three intertwined narratives follow a paleontologist, a diplomat, and a female adventurer through a London of steam-driven calculation engines, political intrigue, and ecological catastrophe.
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9780575047624