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The Difference Engine

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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 dreadnoughts, machine-guns and information technology, prepares to better the world's lot ...

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The Difference Engine, Bruce Sterling, William Gibson

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2011
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Language
English
Publisher
Gollancz
Released
2011
Format
Paperback
Pages
383
ISBN10
0575099402
ISBN13
9780575099401
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SF Masterworks
First published
1990
Original title
The Difference Engine
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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 dreadnoughts, machine-guns and information technology, prepares to better the world's lot ...