AYoungGirlsIllustratedPrimer

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..being the book described in "The Diamond Age". "The Diamond Age", however, also titles itself as "..or, 'A young girl's illustrated primer'", making the title, in best CyberPunk tradition, recursive.

Set in the same universe as SnowCrash, some while after it; only a single, passing nonspoiler reference is made to events in SnowCrash, though, so the reading order doesn't matter, IMHO.

Doesn't Moonshadow have a theory that all CyberPunk is in the same universe?--Mjb67

That would have to be the same level of theory that puts all anime in the same universe... But yes, these two are very definitely related. --Vitenka

: O.o;; I do? - MoonShadow

I think that would be "all SteamPunk is in the same universe" (q.f.) - tjm

Each of NealStephenson's books tends to choose a single subject and grow around it. For Cryptonomicon, it was ciphers. For SnowCrash, it was memes. For "The Diamond Age", it's nanotechnology. And it's excellently treated, too.

The Diamond Age is to be made into a [TV series].

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