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| Original Title: | The Diamond Age |
| ISBN: | 0553380966 (ISBN13: 9780553380965) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Nell, Bud, John Percival Hackworth, Fiona Hackworth, Harv, Dr. X, Carl Hollywood, Judge Fang, Ms. Miranda Redpath, Mr. Chang, Gwendolyn Hackworth, Major Napier, Lord Alexcander Chung-Sik Finkle-McGraw, King Coyote, Miss Pao, Elizabeth Finkle-McGraw, Miss Matheson, Demetrius James Cotton, Mr. PhyrePhox |
| Setting: | China Shanghai(China) |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (1996), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1996), Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1996), Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (1996), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1996) Prometheus Award Nominee for Best Novel (1996) |
Neal Stephenson
Paperback | Pages: 499 pages Rating: 4.19 | 77896 Users | 3337 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer |
| Author | : | Neal Stephenson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Trade Reissue |
| Pages | : | Pages: 499 pages |
| Published | : | May 2nd 2000 by Spectra (first published February 1995) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Cyberpunk. Steampunk. Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Dystopia |
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The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a science fiction coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, and set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of education, social class, ethnicity, and the nature of artificial intelligence.Rating Out Of Books The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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First half of the book gets 4 stars; the second half gets 2 stars. Average = 3 stars.I really liked the first half of the book. His description of technology is wonderful, and the relationship between Nell and the Primer are quite captivating. Much to my dismay, the book fell apart at the end. Characters are disposed quite expediently, conflict is introduced with little or no explanation, very illogical events occur, and then the book stops. If I could give different ratings to both half of theI first read this ~10 years ago and just re-read it as someone reminded me that it predicts the future of reading. And it does - what I love about Stephenson is his high level of prescient-ness. In fact I think it also predicts a lot of the future of nanotechnology and entertainment. The Young Ladies Illustrated Primer is a dynamic book with an AI in it. Imagine Alexa or Siri in 5-10 years, smart enough to make up stories on the fly and answer questions about or even redirect the storyline. The
The Diamond Age: Nanotech, Neo-Victorians, Princess Nells Primer, and the Fists of Righteous Harmony all we need now is the kitchen sinkOriginally posted at Fantasy LiteratureI am a huge Neal Stephenson fan based on his novels Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, two of my favorite books. He is frequently a brilliant writer, unafraid to introduce new ideas and infodumps in the most unexpected and entertaining ways. His sense of humor is more subtle and clever than most, and his world-building
A book is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened mind, and thence to a well-ordered society.After an underwhelming experience with "Snow Crash" (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), I decided to give Neal Stephenson a second (and possibly final) chance with The Diamond Age. I have come to accept that some sci-fi writers are idea guys (or gals), and that amazing ideas dont necessarily wield amazing books, and thats OK. And the idea of what is basically a Dickens
It has taken me a while to figure out what I think of this book, and I'm still not entirely sure. I finished it with a bit of bafflement - what was what I'd just read actually about? It was entertaining, sure, and the world rich and inventive, the characters interesting, but if I were to tell you what the book were about...I wasn't sure. I think I have a better idea now, but I might just be projecting.Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Goodreads policy and
Is it possible to feel nostalgia for a place in the future? The crowded, multi-factioned, multi-leveled city of Shanghai and nearby Pudong made me miss my hometown terribly. Stephenson's descriptions of brightly lit Nanjing Road and small, dim, alleys of hawkers was so spot on. The mix of high technology, the sophisticated neo-Victorians, and the Confuscians made a confusing but ultimately satisfying story.I came to The Diamond Age with a vague idea of what the book was about. Like previous
I get the feeling that Stephenson's writing process goes something like this:Hey, I found a really cool idea here. I wonder what I can do about it....He then writes about 200 pages of really awesome, meticulous world-building, with innovative ideas about, in the case of this book, the possibly uses of nanotechnology and its eventual social ramifications, and then goes, Oh, damn, I'm writing a story, and high-tails it to the end of the book, leaving the reader a little wind-blown and confused. It
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