false 38799318 894852 827 0553380966 9780553380965 555 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/827.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686s/827.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age_Or_a_Young_Lady_s_Illustrated_Primer 4.14 6902 Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age, 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....]]> 545 3.99 60004 5374 1995 4 0 false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 28 07:10:08 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 19:40:04 -0800 2009 Neal Stephenson’s neo-Victorian novel The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer. Very enjoyable, filled with social insight, and not so easy to analyze.

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