{"product_id":"the-diamond-age-or-a-young-ladys-illustrated-primer-paperback","title":"The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeal Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe Diamond Age \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades into our future, a stone's throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neo-Victorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called \u003ci\u003eA Young Ladys Illustrated Primer \u003c\/i\u003eCommissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the \u003ci\u003ePrimer's \u003c\/i\u003epurpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYoung Nell and her brother Harv are thetes--members of the poor, tribeless class. Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell. When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorian--John Percival Hackworth--in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the \u003ci\u003ePrimer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the discovery of his crime, Hackworth begins an odyssey of his own. Expelled from the neo-Victorian paradise, squeezed by agents of Protocol Enforcement on one side and a Mandarin underworld crime lord on the other, he searches for an elusive figure known as the Alchemist. His quest and Nell's will ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the \u003ci\u003ePrimer--\u003c\/i\u003ea woman who holds the key to a vast, subversive information network that is destined to decode and reprogram the future of humanity.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeal Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e issues from a clan of rootless, itinerant hardscience and engineering professors (mostly Pac-10, Big 10, and Big 8 with the occasional wild strain of Ivy). He began his higher education as a physics major, then switched to geography when it appeared that this would enable him to scam more free time on his university's mainframe computer. When he graduated and discovered, to his perplexity, that there were no jobs for inexperienced physicist-geographers, he began to look into alternative pursuits such as working on cars, unimaginably stupid agricultural labor, and writing novels. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Big U\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1984 and vanished without a trace. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eZodiac: An Eco-Thriller, \u003c\/i\u003e came out in 1988 and quickly developed a cult following among water-pollution-control engineers. It was also enjoyed, though rarely bought, by many radical environmentalists.\u003ci\u003e Snow Crash\u003c\/i\u003e was written in the years 1988 through 1991 as the author listened to a great deal of loud, relentless, depressing music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mr. Stephenson now resides in a comfortable home in the western hemisphere and spends all of his time trying to retrofit an office into its generally dark, unlevel, and asbestos-laden basement so that he can attempt to write more novels. Despite the tremendous amounts of time he devotes to writing, playing with computers, listening to speed metal, Rollerblading, and pounding nails, he is a flawless husband, parent, neighbor, and all-around human being.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.38 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hugo Award (1996)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Locus Awards (1996)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e John W. 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