La máquina diferencial (Solaris ficción) (Spanish Edition)

1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history - and the future: Sybil Gerard - dishonored woman and daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward "Leviathan" Mallory - explorer and paleontologist; Laurence Oliphant - diplomat and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for... Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine is the first collaborative novel by two of the most brilliant and controversial science fiction authors of our time. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, it is a startling extension of Gibson's and Sterling's unique visions - in a new and totally unexpected direction! -(http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337116.The_Difference_Engine) Goodreads 1855. La Revolución Industrial está en pleno apogeo, impulsada por mecanismos cibernéticos de vapor. Charles Babbage perfecciona su máquina analítica y la era de la informática llega con un siglo de anticipación. Pero con el cambio llega la inestabilidad social: los luditas, grupo subversivo en contra de la tecnología, protagonizan desórdenes callejeros cada vez más alarmantes y hostigan a las clases dirigentes. La aventura comienza cuando unas misteriosas tarjetas perforadas, de origen y propósito desconocidos, caen en manos del paleontólogo Edward "Leviatán" Mallory. Pronto descubrirá que alguien las busca con la suficiente desesperación como para ser capaz, en un momento dado, de matar por ellas