The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Neal Stephenson
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Author: Neal StephensonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-05-02
ISBN: 0553380966
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Spectra
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Summary: 5 Stars
I could not put it down. Were it not so superb, I would say, "this is worth reading for one's understanding of current events", because, like much great science fiction, The Diamond Age describes a world which ours well may become; in this case, very soon. The story-telling is first rate in all respects, and the author dazzled me with his perspectives on culture, economics, history, science, and even mythology. But I had to keep my dictionary handy; I had to look up so many words that I have probably already forgotten half of them. Lastly, it was a treat to find all of the principal characters wholly believable, fascinating, and admirable.
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Summary of The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
In Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age, he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life-and the entire future of humanity-is about to be decoded and reprogrammed....John Percival Hackworth is a nanotech engineer on the rise when he steals a copy of "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" for his daughter Fiona. The primer is actually a super computer built with nanotechnology that was designed to educate Lord Finkle-McGraw's daughter and to teach her how to think for herself in the stifling neo-Victorian society. But Hackworth loses the primer before he can give it to Fiona, and now the "book" has fallen into the hands of young Nell, an underprivileged girl whose life is about to change.
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