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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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It has taken me a while to figure out what I think of this book, and I'm still not entirely sure. I finished it with a bit of bafflement - what was what I'd just read actually about? It was entertaining, sure, and the world rich and inventive, the characters interesting, but if I were to tell you what the book were about...I wasn't sure. I think I have a better idea now, but I might just be projecting.
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November 28, 2014
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Have you read any other Neal Stephenson books? I read his Baroque Cycle and Cryptonomicon. They are very long books, but a fascinating look at the world.
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I have a very up-and-down relationship with Stephenson's books. Other than this one, I've read Cryptonomicon, which I did not particularly enjoy, Reamde, which I found very slow, and Snow Crash, which I liked a whole lot. So far, he hits about 50% of the time for me.
I liked your shake-up on trying to figure out what the book was really "about." I couldn't even pin down whether this was a utopia or a dystopia. I appreciated the imagination for how society would deal with nano that took care of the basics (Varley's "Steel Beach" was another I liked for that issue). If you go forward with Stephenson, I loved "Anathem" among is works for a rare serious take on parallel universes. For a short (and non-sci fi) fun read on eco-activists, I had a lot of fun with "Zodiac".
Interesting review. This is one of my all time favorite books. Really creative.
