by Bruce Sterling, William Gibson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780575050730
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In an alternate Victorian England, Charles Babbage succeeds in building a mechanical computer called 'Engines', triggering a massive technological and social change. Heat and pollution force the ruling class to leave London, leading to anarchy and the rise of the Luddites, who oppose technology. The daughter of an executed Luddite leader obtains punch cards containing important secrets and embarks on a mission to protect them and discover their contents.
Michael Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
