Added by 17 of our members

The Diamond Age

(1995)
A novel by Neal Stephenson

Awards
Nebula Awards Best Novel (nominee)
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book (nominee)
Hugo Best Novel
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel (nominee)
Prometheus Award Best Novel (nominee)

A nanotechnologist, John Hackworth, breaks the moral code of his tribe, the neo-Victorians. He has made an illict copy of a device called "A Young Lady's Primer". Its purpose is to raise and educate a girl capable of thinking for herself, but Hackworth's copy has fallen into the wrong hands.

Genre: Science Fiction

Similar books by other authors

A Deepness in the Sky
(Queng Ho, book 1)
Vernor Vinge

Air
Geoff Ryman

Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell

Perdido Street Station
(New Crobuzon, book 1)
China Miéville

Used availability for Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age

Hardback Editions

January 1995 : USA Hardback

Title: The Diamond Age, or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-553-09609-5 / 978-0-553-09609-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Spectra
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon AU

Paperback Editions

June 2011 : UK Paperback

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-241-95319-7 / 978-0-241-95319-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon AU

August 1998 : UK Paperback

Title: The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-14-027037-X / 978-0-14-027037-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

May 2000 : USA Paperback

Title: The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-553-38096-6 / 978-0-553-38096-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Spectra
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

June 1996 : USA Paperback

Title: The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (RoC)
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-451-45481-2 / 978-0-451-45481-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: ROC
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

February 1996 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-553-57331-4 / 978-0-553-57331-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Spectra
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

September 1995 : USA Paperback

Title: The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-670-86414-5 / 978-0-670-86414-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Viking
Availability: Amazon UK

Audio Editions

September 2014 : USA MP3 CD

Title: Diamond Age, The
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 1-4915-4338-8 / 978-1-4915-4338-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

October 2012 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 1-4558-8349-2 / 978-1-4558-8349-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

October 2012 : USA Audio CD

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 1-4558-8387-5 / 978-1-4558-8387-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

October 2012 : USA MP3 CD

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 1-4558-8427-8 / 978-1-4558-8427-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

October 2012 : USA MP3 CD

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 1-4558-8465-0 / 978-1-4558-8465-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

August 2001 : USA Audio Cassette

Title: Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 1-58621-112-9 / 978-1-58621-112-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

August 2001 : USA Audio Cassette

Title: Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 1-58621-114-5 / 978-1-58621-114-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA

July 2001 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon

July 2001 : Australia Audio edition

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon AU

July 2001 : Canada Audio edition

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon CA

July 2001 : UK Audio edition

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
Publisher: Audible Studios
Availability: Amazon UK

Kindle Editions

August 2003 : USA, Canada Kindle edition

Title: The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
Publisher: Spectra
Availability: Amazon Amazon CA

August 1998 : Australia, UK Kindle edition

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
Publisher: Penguin
Availability: Amazon UK Amazon AU