The Difference Engine
American Science Fiction And Fantasy Fantasy fiction Fiction Fiction - Science Fiction High Tech Non-Classifiable Science Fiction Science Fiction - General Science Fiction - High Tech Steampunk fiction
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: Mar 1, 1991
Description:
SUMMARY: A brilliantly inventive alternate history by the two biggest names in Cyberpunk, Gibson and Sterling, about a 19th century computer revolution arising from the invention of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine--a forerunner of today's computer based on mechanical principles rather than electronic technology.