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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

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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
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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
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January 2003 : Paperback

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

August 1998 : UK Paperback

Title: The Diamond Age
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
ISBN: 0-14-027037-X / 978-0-14-027037-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK

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
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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
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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
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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
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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