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The Difference Engine description
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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Alternate computing history.
The novel looks at what happens to politics and society if Babbage's machines became used in common situations.
Throw political intrigue and espionage into the mix, and even with all this, the novel unfortunately still manages to be boring, as it appers to really suit neither author, at all.
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