The Difference Engine

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  Interesting but sometimes hard to grasp alternative view of the coming of the computer age

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  ― Pia said on Sep 27, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Invece di entrarci nella testa, la tecnologia in questo mondo di Gibson e Sterling ci sta davanti agli occhi, e cigola, sbuffa e puzza, mentre gli eroi involontari del romanzo rincorrono, nuovi neuromanti del vapore, un pezzo di codice.

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  ― The Bovaz said on May 4, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  The perfect ucronic novel

  Many people I know consider The Difference Engine a rather boring and uninspired effort, a low point in the career of two great writers. I strongly disagree. To me, this is the perfect ucronic novel. Starting with a single divergence point from the historical reality (Charles Babbage manages ... (continue)

  Many people I know consider The Difference Engine a rather boring and uninspired effort, a low point in the career of two great writers. I strongly disagree. To me, this is the perfect ucronic novel. Starting with a single divergence point from the historical reality (Charles Babbage manages to build his difference engine, a sort of steam-powered computer), and going on from there in very logical steps Gibson and Sterling manage to build a world very different from our own, but resembling it like a deforming mirror. Sterling's knowledge of technology and Gibson's quirky narrative complement eachh other beatifully, giving us a compelling story that manages to say a lot, by comparison, about us and our future. To me, a masterpiece.

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  ― Vanamonde said on Feb 22, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Awesome

  One of the best-written and most thought-provoking novels by cyberpunk godfathers Sterling and Gibson

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  ― John Christian Falkenberg said on Sep 10, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Book Details

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• English Books
• Hardcover
• ISBN-10: 055307346X
• ISBN-13: 9780553073461
• Publisher: Spectra
• Pub date: Apr 01, 1991
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback and Paperback
• In other languages:
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    La macchina della realtà
    (Libri Italiani)

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