num_pages: 499
description: 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....
language: English
title: The Diamond Age
titlecomplete: The Diamond Age
characters: Bud, King Coyote, Miss Matheson, Elizabeth Finkle-McGraw, Lord Alexcander Chung-Sik Finkle-McGraw, Fiona Hackworth, Mr. PhyrePhox, Gwendolyn Hackworth, Carl Hollywood, Major Napier, John Percival Hackworth, Harv, Ms. Miranda Redpath, Mr. Chang, Judge Fang, Dr. X, Nell, Demetrius James Cotton, Miss Pao
genres: Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Hugo Awards, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 88946
places: Shanghai, China
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Prometheus Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Spectra