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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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A prodigious feat of science fiction extrapolation that left me feeling like I could almost, but not quite, fit together all the pieces. Since many of the pieces are microscopic nanotech structures, this was pretty darn good.

While deeply impressed by Stephenson's vision of a world refashioned by nanotechnology, I was even more intrigued by his imagined 21st Century political milieu. The Nation State has met its demise, replaced by world-wide tribal affiliations evolved along racial and cultural
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