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The Difference Engine
Contributor(s): Gibson, William (Author), Sterling, Bruce (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0440423627     ISBN-13: 9780440423621
Publisher: Spectra Books
OUR PRICE:   $15.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction - Steampunk
- Fiction | Thrillers - Technological
- Fiction | Alternative History
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012372601
Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.58" W x 8.24" (0.88 lbs) 512 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

The 20th anniversary edition of the classic steampunk novel
With new commentary by the authors
1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. Three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with the future: Sybil Gerard--fallen woman, politician's tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward "Leviathan" Mallory--explorer and paleontologist; Laurence Oliphant--diplomat, mystic, and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for.

Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine took the science fiction community by storm when it was first published twenty years ago. This special anniversary edition features an Introduction by Cory Doctorow and a collaborative essay from the authors looking back on their creation. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, this novel is poised to impress a whole new generation.