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The Diamond Age
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 113
Neal Stephenson, "the hottest science fiction writer in America", takes science fiction to dazzling new levels. The Diamond Age is a stunning tale; set in 21st-century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens what 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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5 out of 5 stars
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Audio quality is poor
- By G Von on 26-03-2019
- The Diamond Age
- By: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Jennifer Wiltsie
Heavy stuff.
Reviewed: 21-08-2019
Hoo-wee. This was quite the experience. The themes are extreme, visceral and sometimes particularly graphic in the storytelling. The coming of age of quite a few characters are exceptionally told. 4 stars for everything because I found myself skipping forward over a few parts, and the audio quality was surprisingly inferior to other productions available. Jennifer Wiltsie however did a mindblowingly fantastic job at performing this, and I would give ten stars for performance specifically.
Be prepared to feel very strange and somewhat melancholic when thinking back on everything that happened in this story. I didn't feel negatively, but it certainly had my mind spinning and working hard to process the sheer volume of things that happened, which I think perhaps was Neal Stephenson's goal, or at least one of them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Knights, Titans, emotion, story, TECHNOLOGY!
- By Anonymous User on 31-07-2019
Knights, Titans, emotion, story, TECHNOLOGY!
Reviewed: 31-07-2019
Absolutely fantastic. Toby Longworth is the only suitable Mechanicus narrator, as far as I'm concerned. Brilliant story, incredible narration. Easy five stars all around.