Here's another book that I would like to share with my fellow
Espiyas. It's entitled
The Difference Engine by
William Gibson and
Bruce Sterling.
Imagine a world where the inventor
Charles Babbage built and perfected his
Engine--the mechanical forerunner of today's computers--and ushered in the
Information Age a hundred years before it began in our time. In this world, Britain and its ally France are the dominant powers, having recently defeated Tsarist Russia on the battlefields of the Crimea. A divided America is at war with itself. And Japan--with Britain's help--overthrew its feudal government and took the first steps in finding its place in Asia.
But on the fringes of the scientific and industrial revolution taking place in Britain, an underworld conspiracy threatens to plunge the new order into chaos.
The Difference Engine was nominated for the
British Science Fiction Award (1990), the
Nebula Award (
Best Novel, 1991), and the
Prix Aurora Award (1992).
Here's the newly-tested download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?a69am89dk14rnleEnjoy,
mes amis!
