Stephensons story, while at first disorientingly confusing, is made a. Set in 21stcentury shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a stateoftheart interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named nell. Book of the week the diamond age by neal stephenson youtube. Jun 10, 2017 four decades ago, richard forthrast, the black sheep of an iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of british columbia to avoid the draft. Seductive, episodic fantasy about a near future where technology has created a wonderland.
Another great one by stephenson personally, i liked this book better than neal stephensons breakout and signature novel, snow crash. Set in twentyfirstcentury shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a stateoftheart interactive device falls into. In my opinion, the first half of the diamond age is among stephensons best work. Neal stephenson, the hottest science fiction writer in america, takes science fiction to dazzling new levels. Snow crash is without question the biggest sf novel of the 1990s. As weve come to expect from stephenson, the tech in this book, no matter how advanced and extravagant, is well thought out and coherent.
He began his higher education as a physics major, then switched to geograph. Reamde by neal stephenson audiobook full 14 youtube. A novel showing 12 books that are similar to the diamond age. Newsweek stephenson is the hottest science fiction writer in america. Neal town stephenson born october 31, 1959 is an american writer known for his works of speculative fiction his novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque stephensons work explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. In snow crash, neal stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. The diamond age is set about 100 years in the future, and the title refers to the era where nanotechnology the ability to build very small machines molecule by molecule allows virtually anything to be created very cheaply, thus. Neal stephenson the diamond age audiobook 2189 views neal stephenson the diamond age audiobook or, a young ladys illustrated primer, bantam spectra book. Set in 21stcentury shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a stateof the art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named nell. Set to a great extent in vigorously populated and tribally stratified future southeast asia, the courageous woman of the story, nell, a financially denied young woman, comes into ownership of a mystical book which makes a large group of new open doors for her. Livre audio the diamond age neal stephenson audible.
In my opinion, the first half of the diamond age is among stephenson s best work. The personal website of author neal stephenson, unless its been hacked. The diamond age audiobook by neal stephenson streaming. Neals sf novel, the diamond age, promises more of the same. Four decades ago, richard forthrast, the black sheep of an iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of british columbia to avoid the draft.
Seen back then as futuristic, stephenson s novel includes broadrange universal selflearning nanotechnology, dynabooks, robotics, cybernetics, and cyber cities. Now, in the diamond age, he delivers another stunning tale. The ruby age is a sciencefiction story that prepares for the development of nanotechnology and also assesses its social repercussions. The diamond age envisions the next century as brilliantly as snow crash did the day after tomorrow. Set in twentyfirstcentury shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a stateof the art interactive device falls into the hands of a street urchin named nell. Set in twentyfirst century shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a stateof the art interactive device falls in the hands of a street urchin named nell. In the book, she becomes princess nell, the focus of marvelous tales and experiences that, seemingly incidentally, educate and train her. Dickens immediately surfaces as a point of comparison, not only because of the size of the book but because the future stephenson presents his readers with is, in many respects, a skewed reflection and imitation of the victorian age. Set in twentyfirst century shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a stateoftheart interactive device falls in the hands of a street urchin named nell.
I seem to end up somewhat lukewarm on his work, but i liked this the best of the three. The diamond age is an ambitious, dickensian work of science fiction. Or, a young ladys illustrated primer is a postcyberpunk novel by neal stephenson. Together, they represent a new era in science fiction. The novel deals with themes of education, social class, ethnicity, and the nature of artificial intelligence. This is the third neal stephenson book ive read, the first two being zodiac then snow crash. The diamond age or, young ladys illustrated primer neal stephenson. The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device. Neal stephenson is the author of the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion and the system of the world as well as the novels cryptonomicon, the diamond age winner of a hugo award, snow crash, zodiac, anathem and reamde. Neal stephenson, detlef bierstedt, audible studios. Or, a young ladys illustrated primer bantam spectra book. Neal stephenson issues from a clan of rootless, itinerant hardscience and engineering professors mostly pac10, big 10, and big 8 with the occasional wild strain of ivy. Or, a young ladys illustrated primer bantam spectra book by neal stephenson.
Usa today stephensons worldbuilding skills are extraordinary. Nov 21, 2018 the diamond age audiobook neal stephenson november 21, 2018 audiobook comments. The diamond age by neal stephenson on free audio book download. But i am a sucker for a story welltold from a childs perspective e. I could never love snow crash, even though it is revered by stephenson fans. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Stephenson snow crash, 1992 imagines a 21st century in which molecular machines nanotechnology can create any desired object or structure. The diamond age npr coverage of the diamond age by neal stephenson. The diamond age audiobook neal stephenson hd audio books. It is to some extent a bildungsroman or comingof age story, focused on a young girl named nell, set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. Neal stephenson author neal stephenson issues from a clan of rootless, itinerant hardscience and engineering professors mostly pac10, big 10, and big 8 with the occasional wild strain of ivy. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The diamond age book charlotte mecklenburg library. Book of the week the diamond age by neal stephenson. Written by neal stephenson, narrated by jennifer wiltsie. Or, a young ladys illustrated primer by neal stephenson was released in 1995 and is considered a science fiction classic it sits alongside stephensons debut novel snow crash on our ultimate science fiction reading list. Her life, and the entire future of humanity, is about to be decoded and. Stephenson s next solo novel, published in 1995, was the diamond age.
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Neal stephenson the diamond age audiobook free online. It is to some extent a science fiction comingof age story, focused on a young girl named nell, and set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. I thought, why not create an educational book that would tell the same stories with increasing complexity as the child grew up. It held my interest better and i enjoyed the story more, or at least parts of it. The book is rich with technological, social, political, and philosophical visions of a. In which we first meet a young ladys illustrated primer from neal stephensons postcyberpunk novel the diamond age. Or, a young ladys illustrated primer is a science fiction novel by american writer neal stephenson.
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