>Ah..I'm going to have to throw in my 2 cents, so I can keep a link to this thread and look these books up later.
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>"The Difference Engine" sounds a lot "The Man in the High Castle" Philip K. Dick's novel about a USA after the Nazis won WWII.

The major difference being that Dick always did everything loooonnng before everybody else.

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>>>Man, we *were* seperated at birth <s> I was actually going to suggest that particular book.
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>>>Two others that I think would appeal to a lot of folks here are "The Diamond Age" (also Stephenson) and "The Difference Engine" ( Gibson )
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>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Difference_Engine
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>>The Difference Engine is one of the best pieces of SF I ever read. The only one comparable in this particular subgenre is Pratchett's "Going postal".
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>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diamond_Age
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>>Good... next on my list. As soon as I find the time to read what I already bought ;).