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The Difference Engine
Book • 1990
The novel is set in an England where Charles Babbage has successfully built his mechanical computer, the 'Difference Engine', leading to a premature computer age.
This event alters the course of history, resulting in significant changes to British society and global politics.
The story follows three main characters: Sybil Gerard, a prostitute with political aspirations; Edward Mallory, a paleontologist who discovers a crucial computer program; and Laurence Oliphant, a spy masquerading as a travel writer.
The novel explores themes of technological advancement, social change, and the consequences of an information technology revolution in the 19th century.
This event alters the course of history, resulting in significant changes to British society and global politics.
The story follows three main characters: Sybil Gerard, a prostitute with political aspirations; Edward Mallory, a paleontologist who discovers a crucial computer program; and Laurence Oliphant, a spy masquerading as a travel writer.
The novel explores themes of technological advancement, social change, and the consequences of an information technology revolution in the 19th century.
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Tom Holland as a counterfactual novel exploring a world where Babbage and Lovelace invented the computer.
Tom Holland as a counterfactual novel exploring a world where Babbage and Lovelace invented the computer.
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