The Diamond Age
Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer,или Букварь для благородных девиц
first publication date: 1996
genre: postcyberpunk, steampunk, cyberpunk, Bildungsroman, science fiction
original title: The Diamond Age
original language: English
main subject: nanotechnology
narrative location: Shanghai
follows: Snow Crash
followed by: The Cobweb
ebooks: on Internet Archive
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a Bildungsroman or coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of 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, and was shortlisted for the Nebula and other awards. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
6- date of publication: 2000-05-02ISBN-13: 978-0-553-38096-5
- date of publication: 1995ISBN-13: 978-0-553-09609-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0-241-95319-8
- date of publication: 1996ISBN-13: 978-0-451-45481-2
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