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The Diamond Age

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4 out of 5
Based on 28,699 Ratings and 1,961 Reviews

Book Description
John Percival Hackworth is a nanotech engineer on the rise when he steals a copy of "A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" for his daughter Fiona. The primer is actually a super computer built with nanotechnology that was designed to educate Lord Finkle-McGraw's daughter and to teach her how to think for herself in the stifling neo-Victorian society. But Hackworth loses the primer before he can give ... More
Book Information
PublisherSpectra
BindingPaperback (29 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages512
ISBN-100553573314
ISBN-13978-0553573312
Publication Date02/01/1996
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