The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0241953197
- ISBN 13
- 9780241953198
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Paperback / softback. New. The future is nano ... And who could be smaller or more insignificant than poor Little Nell - an orphan girl alone and adrift in a world of Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and warring nano-technology? Well, not quite alone. Because Nell has a friend, of sorts. A guide, a teacher, an armed and unarmed combat instructor, a book and a computer.
Synopsis
The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is a bildungsroman focused on a young girl named Nell, and set in a world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. Some main motifs include: education, social class, ethnicity, and the nature of artificial intelligence. The Diamond Age was first published in 1995 by Bantam Books, as a Bantam Spectra hardcover edition. In 1996, it won both the Hugo and Locus Awards,
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- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A9780241953198
- Title
- The Diamond Age
- Author
- Neal Stephenson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 7
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0241953197
- ISBN 13
- 9780241953198
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- U. K.
- This edition first published
- 2011
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