« The Difference Engine » William Gibson

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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 — a “fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator

Edward “Leviathan” Mallory — explorer and paleontologist

Laurence Oliphant — diplomat, mystic, 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….

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Language English
Author William Gibson
Year Random House Publishing Group, 2017
First Published 2011
ISBN 9780345532589
Amazon ID B004WY1FPE
Goodreads ID 337116
Google Books ID 7FOF5-f08bkC

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