Souls in the Great Machine
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Souls in the Great Machine, by Sean McMullen
, is the first book in the post-apocalyptic Greatwinter
Trilogy. The book was published in June 1999.
It is set in a future Australia where electricity has been banned by all major religions, librarians fight duels to settle disputes and wind engines are the main form of mechanical power. The book deals with a machine called the Calculor, a great construction with many workers inside performing mathematical calculations under the instruction of the ruling powers. The ambitious Highliber Zarvora Cyberline constructed the Calculor with the promise of calculating taxes and performing other small tasks; however, Zarvora plans to use the Calculor for a much greater purpose of her own (setting up the events in the rest of the series).
It was originally published in Australia as two separate books, Voices In The Light (1994) and Mirrorsun Rising (1995).
Sean McMullen
Sean Christopher McMullen is an Australian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:McMullen has a degree in physics and history from Melbourne University , a postgraduate degree in library and information science, and a PhD in Medieval Literature...
, is the first book in the post-apocalyptic Greatwinter
Greatwinter
The Greatwinter Series is a series of science fiction novels by Sean McMullen. In Australia, the home country of the author, the first book was released as two separate novels, Voices in the Light and Mirrorsun Rising...
Trilogy. The book was published in June 1999.
It is set in a future Australia where electricity has been banned by all major religions, librarians fight duels to settle disputes and wind engines are the main form of mechanical power. The book deals with a machine called the Calculor, a great construction with many workers inside performing mathematical calculations under the instruction of the ruling powers. The ambitious Highliber Zarvora Cyberline constructed the Calculor with the promise of calculating taxes and performing other small tasks; however, Zarvora plans to use the Calculor for a much greater purpose of her own (setting up the events in the rest of the series).