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The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
By Neal Stephenson
* Publisher: Spectra
* Number Of Pages: 455
* Publication Date: 1995-01-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0553096095
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780553096095
* Binding: Hardcover
Product Description:
From the author of Snow Crash, the story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device.
Amazon.com Review:
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.
Summary: Interesting story set in a nanotechnological future
Rating: 5
In a future where nanotechnology is pervasive, a young girl who lives in poverty comes into possession of a new piece of cutting edge technology that comes in the form of a book with an artificial intelligence that is capable of educating and guiding her into adulthood through the medium of increasingly complex fairy tales. By the end of the novel, she is a capable young woman on the cusp of a vast sociological change.
There is much more to the story than this. No brief synopsis can do justice to Neal Stephenson's intricately constructed narrative. He has crafted well developed characters in a fully realized far future milieu. Among the fascinating ideas in his narrative: in a world in which nation states have become obsolete, people will affiliate themselves with phyles, tribes based on racial and/or cultural commonalities. The many digressions into the possible uses and implications of nanotechnology also engaged my mind, making for a rewarding reading experience.
Summary: The Best of What Science Fiction Should Be
Rating: 5
This isn't a story about space rangers and war. The core of this book is asking very human questions about growing up. The future society and technology exists to try and ask more questions about where the future could go, not just a gizmo showcase. I started reading Neal Stephenson's articles in Wired magazine, then Snow Crash, and now onto everything he's ever written. He reminds me of David Halberstam, only instead of being a historian, he writes in the future with the same attention to detail.

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