The Difference Engine

Name: The Difference Engine
ISBN: 9780553294613

William Gibson, Bruce Sterling

1990·363 pages

Historical Fiction Thriller

alternate history cyberpunk dark steampunk technology and humanity

Nebula Award (1991) · Nominee

“Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, it is a startling extension of Gibson's and Sterling's unique visions - in a new and totally unexpected direction!”
— Goodreads

1855: 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. 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. 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 is the first collaborative novel by two of the most brilliant and controversial science fiction authors of our time. ...and a nightmare glimpse of tomorrow's braver new world.

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The Difference Engine

William Gibson, Bruce Sterling

Nebula Award (1991) · Nominee

Year

1990

Pages

363

Historical Fiction Thriller

Praise

“Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, it is a startling extension of Gibson's and Sterling's unique visions - in a new and totally unexpected direction!”
— Goodreads