The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer: Library Edition

from aplomb1

The Diamond Age seems larger than its 500 pages, and Stephenson's vision of the future, while transformed nearly into unrecognizability by technology, has the grain of our own reality. We are shown not only the massive Feed lines that transport the raw materials for the Matter Compilers, but also...

from manque

Unique and absorbing. Better than Stephenson's _Snow Crash_. The story-within-a-story of Princess Nell of the magic book, the dual backdrops of a nanotech future and a sweeping colonial/imperial past, are reminiscent of R. Heinlein at his best. Especially in the blend of narrative and a social ph...

from Radaghast

The Diamond Age is the culmination of Stephenson's Snow Crash universe. It is the logical conclusion of the breakdown of national government, the creation of powerful nanotechnology, and the reshaping of culture. It is also the story of a little girl who overcomes the circumstances of her birth a...

from PghDragonMan

The Diamond Age, is another excellent speculative fiction work from the pen of Neal Stephenson. While reminiscent of William Gibson's cyberpunk vision of the future, this future is on a decidedly different track and blends Victorian elements without being steampunk. The Illustrated Primer of the ...

from melydia

To be perfectly frank, I don't get it. The story begins with a man named Hackworth creating an interactive primer for his young daughter, but before he can give it to her he is mugged by a gang of boys. One of these boys grabs the book and brings it home for his little sister, Nell. The book itse...