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  • Cover of The Difference Engine
    The Difference EngineNovel

    William Gibson & Bruce Sterling · standalone novel · 1990

    Science fiction, set in british isles and alternate earth.

    “The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”

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  • Cover of Moorcock's Multiverse
    Moorcock's MultiverseUniverse

    universe · 102 books · 1961

    Set in secondary world.

    “The Multiverse is not one world but an endless lattice of them, worlds folded within worlds, each a variation on the last — and through every one of them walks a single conscripted soul.”

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    Start with Elric of Melniboné →

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  • Cover of The Leviathan Trilogy
    The Leviathan TrilogySeries

    series · 3 books · 2009

    Adventurous in tone, about genetic engineering, set in early 20th century.

    “Set in an alternate First World War, Leviathan splits the belligerents into Clankers, who fight with mechanical walkers, and Darwinists, who fight with fabricated living creatures built from spliced DNA.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Leviathan →

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  • Cover of The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
    The Haunting of Alaizabel CrayNovel

    Chris Wooding · standalone novel · 2001

    Horror, dark in tone, set in alternate earth and 19th century.

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    The Aether UniverseSeries

    series · 4 books · 2003

    Start with The Light Ages →

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  • Cover of A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
    A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!Novel

    Harry Harrison · standalone novel · 1972

    Science fiction, about political intrigue, set in alternate earth and 19th century.

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