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The Difference Engine

The Difference Engine

CyberpunkScience Fiction
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

In an alternate 1855, Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine has ushered in the computer age, powered by steam. Three individuals—a disgraced woman, an explorer, and a spy—find themselves entangled in a dangerous pursuit over mysterious Engine cards. Their adventure becomes a race against time and shadowy forces who will kill to possess these secrets.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseMysteriousAtmosphericThought-Provoking
Quest

Genres

Cyberpunk Science Fiction Steampunk Historical Fiction Mystery Thriller

Authors

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Bruce Sterling

Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre. - [Wikipedia][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling

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William Gibson

William Ford Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. Gibson coined the term "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer (1984). In envisaging cyberspace, Gibson created an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s. He is also credited with predicting the rise of reality television and with establishi...

Characters

Sybil GerardProtagonist
Edward "Leviathan" MalloryProtagonist
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