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<Blockquote> 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 - dishonored woman and daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward "Leviathan" Mallory - explorer and paleontologist; Laurence Oliphant - diplomat and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards…

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Editions

22 editions · 7 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2011
    Spectra/Bantam Books · 363 pages · 9780345532589
  • Audiobook · English · 2010
    Brilliance Audio · 9781441890733
  • Paperback · English · 1992
    Spectra · 448 pages · 9780553294613
  • Hardcover · English · 1991
    Spectra · 429 pages · 9780553073461
  • Hardcover · English · 1990
    Gollancz · 256 pages · 9780575047624
  • Other · English · 2014
    Difference Engine
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9781473208056
American Science fictionComputersFictionSteampunkSteampunk fictionFiction, science fiction, steampunkComputer engineeringNew York Times reviewed