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Rent The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
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Format: Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published: May 2000
Genre: Fiction - Science Fiction - General
Retail Price: $18.99
Pages: 455
Synopsis
In 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....
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