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'The Difference Engine', co-authored with Bruce Sterling, is not set in the future but in the middle of an alternate nineteenth century. Steam-driven mechanical computers have been developed and determine the life of the protagonists in this detective story. ¶ Gibson and Sterling point out the effects of the information age one hundred years ahead of its time. This book is often refered to as a 'Steampunk' novel because of the steam driven analog computers in this story. ¶ |
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The Difference
Engine (1991) 
An imagined 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. ¶ 
