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The diamond age, or, Young lady's illustrated primer
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The diamond age, or, Young lady's illustrated primer

Author: Neal Stephenson
Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, ©1995.
Series: A Bantam spectra book
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The story of an interactive book, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, written by John Hackworth, a nano engineer. It helps a girl become a princess and educates an army of girls who eventually save his life. The setting is a world where molecular machines create any object desired and where nations have been replaced by cultural enclaves, in this case the neo-Victorians of coastal China. Part-science fiction,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Science fiction.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0553096095 9780553096095
OCLC Number: 30894530
Description: 455 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Title: A Bantam spectra book
Other Titles: Diamond age, Young lady's illustrated primer
Responsibility: Neal Stephenson.

Abstract:

The story of an interactive book, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, written by John Hackworth, a nano engineer. It helps a girl become a princess and educates an army of girls who eventually save his life. The setting is a world where molecular machines create any object desired and where nations have been replaced by cultural enclaves, in this case the neo-Victorians of coastal China. Part-science fiction, part-political thriller.

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