The Difference Engine (repost)
The Difference Engine By William Gibson, Bruce Sterling
Publisher: Spe.,.ctra; 20 Anniversary edition 2011 | 512 Pages | ISBN: 0440423627 | PDF | 2 MB
Publisher: Spe.,.ctra; 20 Anniversary edition 2011 | 512 Pages | ISBN: 0440423627 | PDF | 2 MB
The 20th anniversary edition of the classic steampunk novel
With new commentary by the authors
1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. Three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with the future: Sybil Gerard—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.