The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
by Stephenson, Neal
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0670864145
- ISBN 13
- 9780670864140
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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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- Title
- The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
- Author
- Stephenson, Neal
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0670864145
- ISBN 13
- 9780670864140
- Publisher
- Viking, London, 1995,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1995
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