false 827 22 In <B>Snow Crash</B>, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in <b>The Diamond Age</b>, he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life-and the entire future of humanity-is about to be decoded and reprogrammed.... 2181158 book 1995 The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer total:7305|5:2899|4:2841|3:1252|2:265|1:48| 7305 30193 9188 614 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 3 18 false Sun Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Feb 06 07:41:27 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 25 01:53:42 -0800 2009
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 ...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 4 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 13 16:11:44 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 04 10:47:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 337117 014027037X 9780140270372 82 9 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173853603m/337117.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337117.The_Diamond_Age 5 5 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 08:39:31 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 08:50:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 3 4 false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Sep 19 09:00:48 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 09:01:02 -0700 2007
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 t...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 5 3 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 24 10:35:30 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 01:53:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 2 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Sep 05 07:49:29 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 25 01:53:38 -0800 2009
As usual, Stephenson drops...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 5 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 06:44:52 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 25 01:53:37 -0800 2009 Snow Crash' was the definitive cyberpunk book, then 'The Diamond Age or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer' is the last word on that particular genre. It's nominally set in the same world as the earlier book and shares some of the geo-political background. Nation states are an outdated concept, a...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 2 false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 19:25:44 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 21:15:44 -0700 2008 77585 0553573314 9780553573312 237 31 4.13 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77585.The_Diamond_Age 2 2 false Tue Mar 10 11:42:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 16 09:25:19 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 11:42:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 1 false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 30 09:39:42 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 12:12:25 -0800 2008
I entered into "The Diamond Age" with very few preconceptions. The story had been described on Boing Boing, and it intrigued me en...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 3 1 false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 21 08:41:05 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 10 23:12:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 1 false Mon Jul 28 21:33:22 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 21:33:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 1 false Wed Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 06:15:30 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 01:53:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 5 2 false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 12:26:54 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 01:53:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1056946 0553096095 9780553096095 57 8 4.13 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1056946.The_Diamond_Age_Or_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 1 true Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 04 07:26:44 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 22:11:41 -0800 2008 Winterlong from that site. The part in the blurb that drew me, though, was about Nell finding a book, the Primer, that would send her on a quest through an enchanted land an...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 3 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 22:54:47 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 16:28:46 -0700 2008
Yikes.

Ok, so The Diamond Age is ~500 pages of fragmented stories. Although the book begins at a comfortable pac...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 5 1 true Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 13:44:03 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 01:53:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 3 1 false Mon May 21 17:49:38 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 25 01:53:35 -0800 2009 Snow Crash. It takes place in a much more distant future, and I adored the world Stephenson created for this; his ideas about nanotech are fully believable (I want a molecular feed that can create anything I desire from scratch!) and his society comprised ...more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 5 1 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Aug 19 06:47:37 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 11 17:16:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 827 0553380966 9780553380965 6832 554 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4 1 false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:36:25 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 06:36:03 -0700 2008
I really, really heart Neal Stephenson. He writes the most likable characters I have ever read. Hackwo...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6563914