The Difference Engine

Author: Gibson, William, Sterling, Bruce

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Published on 13 January 2011 by Orion Publishing Co (Gateway) as part of 'the S.F. Masterworks' series.

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 ...