The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
- Author: Stephenson Neal. | Publisher: Spectra| Pages: 455| Publication Date: 2003-01-01| Edition: Reprint| Binding: Paperback| MSRP: 17| ISBN13: 9780553380965| ISBN: 0553380966| Other ISBN: 9780553898200| Other ISBN Binding: print| Language: en| Store Location: Drama Paperback|"Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."
Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope,Â The Diamond AgeÂ isÂ a major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time

Decades into our future, a stoneâ€™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 A Young Ladys Illustrated PrimerÂ Â Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primerâ€™sÂ purpose 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.

Young Nell and her brother Harv are thetesâ€”members of the poor, tribeless class.Â Â Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell.Â Â When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorianâ€”John Percival Hackworthâ€”in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer.

Following 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.Â Â His quest and Nellâ€™s will ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the Primerâ€”a woman who holds the key to a vast, subversive information network that is destined to decode and reprogram the future of humanity.
Country USA
Brand Spectra
Manufacturer Spectra
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780553380965
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2000-05-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553380965

Country	USA
Brand	Spectra
Manufacturer	Spectra
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780553380965
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2000-05-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553380965

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)

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