Hey, I am right there with you. Like I said, if I had been able to find legal copies of the books I wanted I would have never even wandered onto the darknet.
It's funny that you mention the Difference Engine, I have a paperback copy of that book and was actually about to look around for an ebook version of it tonight...sigh, if what you say is still accurate it appears that I am going to be forced to, yet again, look to alternative means to find a copy of what should be a readily available book (it is still popular and is considered mandatory reading among the steampunk folks).
Ah well, maybe someone out there in publishing land will read this and say to themselves, "ya know it might be a good idea to look at the possible profit gains from digitizing our back catalogue of books..."
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