[Title] The Difference Engine [Author] William Gibson [Rating] ★★★ [Year] 1992 [Read] 2011/03/10 [Review] 
Struck me as a lot like Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle though it came long before, and while very interesting and inventive, somehow the overall story never really gelled for me - I think the problem may be that Gibson doesn’t develop his milieu in enough detail or imaginatively enough that the world and its characters can really come to life for one.