Souls in the Great Machine
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| Author(s) | Sean McMullen |
| Cover artist | John Harris |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Series | Greatwinter |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Tom Doherty Associates |
| Publication date | June 1999 |
| Pages | 598 |
| ISBN | 0-7653-4457-2 |
| OCLC Number | 51031260 |
| Followed by | The Miocene Arrow, Eyes of the Calculor |
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).
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