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The meticulous detail is extraordinary but the writing reads a bit shizoid. Also, that ending... why so rushed Mr. Stephenson?
The main term that comes to mind for this book is “ambitious,” and to my gratification, it mostly manages everything it wants to be.
The Diamond Age brings us to a technologically advanced future with a heavy and impactful overlay of class stratification. So called because diamonds (and all matter) have become ubiquitous and are now used for everyday items like windows, the story slowly converges on a couple characters who are squirming out of the social classes of their birth and consequently af ...more
The Diamond Age brings us to a technologically advanced future with a heavy and impactful overlay of class stratification. So called because diamonds (and all matter) have become ubiquitous and are now used for everyday items like windows, the story slowly converges on a couple characters who are squirming out of the social classes of their birth and consequently af ...more
Fascinating but may take a while before I figure it out.
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