The Diamond Age
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Jennifer Wiltsie
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By:
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Neal Stephenson
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Critic Reviews
- Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1996
- Locus Award Winner, Best Novel, 1996
"The Quentin Tarantino of postcyberpunk science fiction." (The Village Voice)
"[He] is the hottest science fiction writer in America." (Details)
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-2018
Good, but not amongst Stephenson's best
This story feels like a bridge between the raw and exciting writing style of Snow Crash and the more polished Stephenson works like Cryptonomicon or Seveneves. The author's polymath ability is on display, but the premise and setting of the story require full suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader.
Jennifer Wiltsie is one of the best female narrators I've heard, but is let down by poor audio quality compared to audio books recorded in the last 5 years or so.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-02-2021
Good story, good performance, poor formatting.
The story and narration were both enjoyable but the chapters in audible are completely wrong making it very difficult to navigate around the book.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-07-2017
amazing !!!!!!!
if you like me have been searching for a female driven sci-fi this is the ticket
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- Anonymous User
- 22-03-2017
one of Neal's best
brilliant book. I've read it many times, but also a pleasure to listen to this very good reading.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-2019
Heavy stuff.
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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- Anonymous User
- 16-01-2019
Really interesting book, like every by Stephenson
loved it, I was enthralled for many hours listening to the Audio version of this book while driving. Full of interesting tech and predictions of an enchanting and scary future.
At first I found the readers voice to be an odd match with the subject matter, but it soon became evident the Jennifer was a perfect match for this book.
Highly recommended
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-2019
good story but drags in places
could have used a good edit
performance was fine but sound quality was terrible
overall it was fine but not amazing
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- Anonymous User
- 12-07-2020
interesting idea, but a bit convoluted
I liked the whole nano tech stuff and the potential for us as well as the political future. but he develops the story well and the all of a sudden wraps up all the loose ends and the story is over.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-04-2022
Inspiration on so many levels
In 1995 when I first read The Diamond Age - it inspired me to create a wealth of resource material for computing teachers and students. I can't thank Neal Stephenson enough for launching me into my 2nd career, and one day perhaps into a 5th career in nano tech. This audio version is wonderfully narrated by Jennifer Wiltsie, enriching Stephenson writings even further! Absolutely brilliant. Kind Regards Jennifer Elwin
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- Anonymous User
- 23-11-2018
One of Neal Stephenson's finest visionary Scifi
Beautifully written in blend of classical english, current colloquialism and invented words fused of terms that are obvious in meaning and give life to the futuristic content.
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