[Dave]

I've read 'The Difference Engine' now and would like to read more, but there doesn't seem to be much more out there. I will have to get hold of a 'Steamboy' DVD sometime.

'The Difference Engine' had a number of interesting ideas, quite a lot of name dropping, and it must have taken a great deal of research. There was less description of the technology than I expected, and much more of the socio-political consequences. Some things were different, some things were just the same.

I did find it difficult to follow. There were a number of main characters with overlapping stories, and the book was divided into several Iterations rather than Chapters or parts with an overlapping of themes between the Iterations.

I didn't fully understand the implication of the set of punched cards without it being explained elsewhere.