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The Difference Engine is the seminal masterpiece that defined the steampunk genre. Set in a Victorian London where the computer age arrived a century early, this collaboration between visionary authors William Gibson and Bruce Sterling reimagines history through the lens of steam-powered technology. After Charles Babbage successfully builds his Analytical Engine, the world shifts into a high-tech…

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Cyberpunk William Gibson Steampunk book Fantasy Historical Fiction Novels Speculative Fiction Alternate History Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Bruce Sterling

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