The machine of differences. Sterling B., Gibson U.

A masterpiece of alternative history, the cornerstone of the subculture of the steampunk (“steam punk”), the only example of the full -fledged creation of two genre revolutionaries, who are close to the framework of any genre.

“The machine of differences” is a large -scale, polyphonic panorama of the world, in which an informational revolution occurred simultaneously with the industrial revolution, so the computer appeared a century before. The world, in which Charles Babbage built his diverse machine, and the power of the aristocracy was intercepted by the lords of radicals, led by Byron. The world in which paleontologists-catastrophists fiercely argue with the uniforms, the Commune led by Karl Marx took power in New York, computing power is measured by the total length of the hitchhole of copper gears, London threatens the ecological disaster, and the rebels-lodgers provide conspiralists with rich food for thought... P>