The Difference Engine (English Wikipedia)

Kirkus Staff (March 1990). "The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling ‧ Release Date: March 4, 1990" (book review). Kirkus Reviews (KirkusReviews.com). Retrieved 8 May 2025.
What the technician operates is termed a kinotrope, which Kirkus describes as 'a new art form, motion pictures by way of programmed arrays of changing, clacking tiles', this driven by a steam-driven 'Engine', a mechanical computer.Kirkus Staff (March 1990). "The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling ‧ Release Date: March 4, 1990" (book review). Kirkus Reviews (KirkusReviews.com). Retrieved 8 May 2025.

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Mitrovich, Matt (30 April 2013). "Review: The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling". AmazingStories.com. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

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Oramus, Dominika (1 October 2020). "Strangers in Togetherville–Women, Physics and Popular Culture" (PDF). Prague Journal of English Studies. 9 (1). Warsaw, Poland: De Gruyter Brill: 133–153, esp. 147. doi:10.2478/pjes-2020-0007. ISSN 2336-2685. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via Sciendo Team, Paradigm Publishing Services. The full journal article was, as of this retrieval date, also available at this link. Note, there is an internal discrepancy in this citation, in that it also associates volume 9, issue 1 of the journal with the date July 2020.

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Oramus, Dominika (1 October 2020). "Strangers in Togetherville–Women, Physics and Popular Culture" (PDF). Prague Journal of English Studies. 9 (1). Warsaw, Poland: De Gruyter Brill: 133–153, esp. 147. doi:10.2478/pjes-2020-0007. ISSN 2336-2685. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via Sciendo Team, Paradigm Publishing Services. The full journal article was, as of this retrieval date, also available at this link. Note, there is an internal discrepancy in this citation, in that it also associates volume 9, issue 1 of the journal with the date July 2020.
McHale, Brian (1992). "Difference Engine". ANQ. 5 (4): 220–23. doi:10.1080/0895769x.1992.10542775.

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Sterling, Bruce (1992). The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. New York, NY: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-08058-X. Retrieved 3 May 2025 – via gutenberg.org.^{[page needed]}

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Point, Michael (28 April 1991). "Cyberpunk Heroes". Austin American-Statesman. p. 53. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^{[better source needed]}

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Oramus, Dominika (1 October 2020). "Strangers in Togetherville–Women, Physics and Popular Culture" (PDF). Prague Journal of English Studies. 9 (1). Warsaw, Poland: De Gruyter Brill: 133–153, esp. 147. doi:10.2478/pjes-2020-0007. ISSN 2336-2685. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via Sciendo Team, Paradigm Publishing Services. The full journal article was, as of this retrieval date, also available at this link. Note, there is an internal discrepancy in this citation, in that it also associates volume 9, issue 1 of the journal with the date July 2020.

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Texian is a repurposed real historical term meaning residents of the former province of Tejas, New Spain, and all of its later derivative political entities (in the Republics of Mexico and Texas), see Tarin, Randall (2007). "The Texian Web: Texas History on the Internet". Texas A&M University (tamu.edu). Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2025. male and female citizens or the culture of the former province of Tejas, New Spain, the Texas section of the state of Coahuila y Tejas, Republic of Mexico, and the subsequent Republic of Texas. For a currently maintained website of the same apparent information, see this link.

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Texian is a repurposed real historical term meaning residents of the former province of Tejas, New Spain, and all of its later derivative political entities (in the Republics of Mexico and Texas), see Tarin, Randall (2007). "The Texian Web: Texas History on the Internet". Texas A&M University (tamu.edu). Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2025. male and female citizens or the culture of the former province of Tejas, New Spain, the Texas section of the state of Coahuila y Tejas, Republic of Mexico, and the subsequent Republic of Texas. For a currently maintained website of the same apparent information, see this link.

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This is an allusion to a woman who worked to heroically save individuals who otherwise would have died during the executions of historic Texans at Goliad in March, 1836, an event known as the Goliad Massacre. See Coalson, George O. (1 August 2017) [1952]. "Francita Alavez: The Angel of Goliad and Her Heroic Acts". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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Point, Michael (28 April 1991). "Cyberpunk Heroes". Austin American-Statesman. p. 53. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.^{[better source needed]}
Texian is a repurposed real historical term meaning residents of the former province of Tejas, New Spain, and all of its later derivative political entities (in the Republics of Mexico and Texas), see Tarin, Randall (2007). "The Texian Web: Texas History on the Internet". Texas A&M University (tamu.edu). Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2025. male and female citizens or the culture of the former province of Tejas, New Spain, the Texas section of the state of Coahuila y Tejas, Republic of Mexico, and the subsequent Republic of Texas. For a currently maintained website of the same apparent information, see this link.

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Oramus, Dominika (1 October 2020). "Strangers in Togetherville–Women, Physics and Popular Culture" (PDF). Prague Journal of English Studies. 9 (1). Warsaw, Poland: De Gruyter Brill: 133–153, esp. 147. doi:10.2478/pjes-2020-0007. ISSN 2336-2685. Retrieved 8 May 2025 – via Sciendo Team, Paradigm Publishing Services. The full journal article was, as of this retrieval date, also available at this link. Note, there is an internal discrepancy in this citation, in that it also associates volume 9, issue 1 of the journal with the date July 2020.

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WWend Staff (8 May 2025). "Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Books: The Difference Engine" (book database entry). WorldsWithoutEnd.com (WWEnd). Tres Barbas, LLC. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
"1990 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
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"1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 16 July 2009.

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