The Difference Engine (1990)

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Really excellent. I have read it before but a long time ago - probably when I was twenty or less - and I've certainly appreciated it much more this time. For one thing, I know so much more than I did 25 years ago, and so I get more of the references / allusions / parallels. A lot of the fun in parallel world fiction is in that sort of detail so that makes a big difference.

I think the story-telling is well-done but a little convoluted; I found myself having to refer back to earlier pages at various points. No bad thing but again a factor in me enjoying it more now, read more slowly to savour the writing and the story, compared to when I first read it as a hasty younger person. ( )

This book was a delight-- until I got to the last 100 pages, which were lost on me. And I've ready Ulysses you know. ( )

Fun but started to drag severely at the end. ( )

*note to self. Copy from A. ( )