Difference Engine
by (u. S.) William Gibson Bruce Sterling
About This Novel
In 1855, mankind had entered the computer age using difference engine technology. The poet Byron became Prime Minister of England and frantically promoted difference engine technology. With the powerful intelligence network built by the Difference Engine, British agents infiltrated the United States and tore it apart. Marx and Engels founded a Commune in New York in an attempt to create a socialist America. At the same time, France under the rule of Napoleon III developed a super difference machine called "Napoleon the Great", and Britain's hegemony was in danger. At this time, the daughter of Byron, known as the "Queen of the Difference Engine", wrote a set of mysterious codes. The endless wealth and power hidden in it made all the forces hidden in the fog of London emerge one after another...
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Official(1)Scraped 24d ago
A pioneer of steampunk
It mainly tells about the political affairs of the British Empire during the first industrial revolution. Chapter 1, Chapters 2 to 4, and Chapter 5 all tell their relationship from the perspectives of different protagonists, and their actions are related to the future of the British Difference Engine. Very exciting. It takes careful reading to understand the relationship between the events and characters. I suddenly realized it after reading it at the end
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Official(1)Scraped 24d ago
A pioneer of steampunk
It mainly tells about the political affairs of the British Empire during the first industrial revolution. Chapter 1, Chapters 2 to 4, and Chapter 5 all tell their relationship from the perspectives of different protagonists, and their actions are related to the future of the British Difference Engine. Very exciting. It takes careful reading to understand the relationship between the events and characters. I suddenly realized it after reading it at the end
