In 1855, mankind had entered the computer age using difference engine technology.
The poet Lord 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...
Reader comments
The plot of this book is so exciting! Especially when I read about Sybil Gerard looking at the metal flying machine in the hospital room, I could feel her yearning and wonder for future technology. This makes me wonder, what kind of world will our children live in? As a mother, I hope they can meet the challenges of the future and bravely explore the unknown like the protagonist in the book. This book is not only an imagination about technology and history, but also makes me full of expectations for the future.
It is a work that does not live up to its name. It is groundbreaking, from ideas to creative techniques, but it is not good-looking. The story is boring and the narrative is uncomfortable. It mainly contains the author's deconstruction of information and literature.
Moreover, this work is more like a cyberpunk novel with a steampunk background. The essence is the degradation brought about by technology. It even lacks the unrestrained feeling of cyberpunk. It is just a bunch of historical nouns stewed. The author himself should be a historical layman. It's really surprising that this book ends up being so torturous.
The plot of this book is so exciting! Especially when I read about Sybil Gerard looking at the metal flying machine in the hospital room, I could feel her yearning and wonder for future technology. This makes me wonder, what kind of world will our children live in? As a mother, I hope they can meet the challenges of the future and bravely explore the unknown like the protagonist in the book. This book is not only an imagination about technology and history, but also makes me full of expectations for the future.
It is a work that does not live up to its name. It is groundbreaking, from ideas to creative techniques, but it is not good-looking. The story is boring and the narrative is uncomfortable. It mainly contains the author's deconstruction of information and literature. Moreover, this work is more like a cyberpunk novel with a steampunk background. The essence is the degradation brought about by technology. It even lacks the unrestrained feeling of cyberpunk. It is just a bunch of historical nouns stewed. The author himself should be a historical layman. It's really surprising that this book ends up being so torturous.