The Difference Engine (Gollancz S.F.)
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‘A visionary steam-powered heavy metal fantasy. Gibson and Sterling create a high-Victorian virtual reality of extraordinary richness and detail’ Ridley Scott, creator of ALIEN
Alternate History by a Cyber-Punk master,
Superb!,
This book is the best `alternative history’ novel, and one of the best SF novels I have read so far. The authors did their homework before writing this book; the atmosphere, the historical details and the psychology of the 19th-century characters are utterly credible, as is the science. I had no problem with the numerous digressions from the main storyline; they thoroughly immerse you into the culture of the time – or the alternative culture that might have been.
I’m a great fan of Baxter, who also has stories in which some discoveries or inventions are made “too e
An Engine That’s Less Than the Sum of Its Parts,