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The Diamond Age

Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)

Neal Stephenson

In a world shaped by nanotechnology, a young girl named Nell navigates a coming-of-age tale unlike any other. With education, social class, ethnicity, and artificial intelligence at the forefront, The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson is a mesmerizing science fiction read with themes relevant to our society today.
Publish Date
2000
May 2
first published in 1995
Goodreads Rating
4.16
ISBN
8601420086418
Recommendations
6
Recommendations
Dec 28, 2015
@EricJorgenson @ScottAdamsSays Great book.      source
If you read The Diamond Age before you’ve thought about molecular anything or 3D printing, then it changes your mind.      source
May 12, 2020
@ritholtz @wolfejosh I adore Diamond Age.      source
Jun 28, 2021
@matthuang it’s one of the few books to explore collective consciousness (the hive mind) and importance of education / mythology construction via the primer      source
Apr 05, 2022
@RichardMCNgo The Diamond Age is a weird, long, rambling book, but one of my favorites of all time.      source
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