{"product_id":"the-difference-engine","title":"The difference engine","description":"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:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSybil Gerard\u003c\/i\u003e--a fallen woman, politician's tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward \"Leviathan\" Mallory\u003c\/i\u003e--explorer and paleontologist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaurence Oliphant\u003c\/i\u003e--diplomat, mystic, and spy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for....\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part detective story, part historical thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Difference Engine\u003c\/i\u003e is the collaborative masterpiece by two of the most acclaimed science fiction authors writing today. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, it is a startling extension of Gibson's and Sterling's unique visions--and the beginning of movement we know today as \"steampunk!\"","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50835648512255,"sku":"*R0201809*","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/27222773482384.jpg?v=1793217476","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-difference-engine","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}