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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

About the Author

William Gibson began writing in 1977 and burst upon the literary world with his acclaimed first novel, Neuromancer, the book that launched the cyberpunk generation and the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction, the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K Dick Awards. His most recent books include Pattern Recognition and Idoru.Bruce Sterling burst onto the SF scene with the birth of Cyberpunk and co-authored THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE with his colleague William Gibson. His biggest UK success was with The Hacker Crackdown. He lives with his wife and daughters in Austin, Texas.