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Looking for a literary novel with an engineering theme?

I am trying to find an engineering novel for a college class that incorporatesan engineering and design motif into an interesting novel that can be usedin an intellectual discussion.Past Examples would be books like: The Soul of a New Machine, The Iron Bridge by David Morse, The Fountainhead, etc.The aim is to explore novels that focus on different engineering disciplinesSoul of a New Machine was computer engineering, Iron Bridge civil engineering, so a novel that has a mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or chemical engineering theme would be appreciated.

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The Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam (Hickman?) I can't remember his nameThe book that October Sky was made fromThat would work for mechanical engineering (the best engineering).

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