I read that a while ago and though the plot itself is kinda facile (it is supposed to be just a simple romance novel after all), it's really fascinating to see the parallels of the telegraph with the internet from a cultural aspect. It's easy enough to draw comparisons between the two as being different stages in the evolution of networks etc but the human side of things is always a bit harder to sum up.
I read that a while ago and though the plot itself is kinda facile (it is supposed to be just a simple romance novel after all), it's really fascinating to see the parallels of the telegraph with the internet from a cultural aspect. It's easy enough to draw comparisons between the two as being different stages in the evolution of networks etc but the human side of things is always a bit harder to sum up.