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Fiction.
Literature.
Science Fiction.
HTML:Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age isa major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time Decades into our future, a stoneâ??s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neo-Victorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primerâ??s purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands. Young Nell and her brother Harv are thetesâ??members of the poor, tribeless class. Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell. When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorianâ??John Percival Hackworthâ??in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer. Following the discovery of his crime, Hackworth begins an odyssey of his own. Expelled from the neo-Victorian paradise, squeezed by agents of Protocol Enforcement on one side and a Mandarin underworld crime lord on the other, he searches for an elusive figure known as the Alchemist. His quest and Nellâ??s will ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the Primerâ??a woman who holds the key to a vast, subversive information network that is destined to decode and reprogram th… (altro)
urza: One is utopistic novel, other science fiction full of nanotechnology. Yet, both books left similar feelings in me. The story in both takes place in beautifuly described colorful world. Both deal with human society and both are kind of "brighter side of the life".
majkia: Both books take place in the midst of social upheaval and both portray worlds far from perfect. The class divisions are highlighted and one sees how so many individuals' lives can easily be diminished in a Victorian sort of steampunk culture.
Nella Shanghai del futuro, diventata un crogiolo ipertecnologico di razze e culture diverse, il geniale John Percival Hackworth ha infranto il rigorosissimo codice morale della sua tribù, quella dei potenti neovittoriani. Per regalarlo alla figlia e aumentarne le chance di successo, ha copiato illegalmente II sussidiario illustrato della giovinetta, un rivoluzionario nanocomputer creato per l'educazione della nipote di un eccentrico duca. Sfortunatamente, il sussida-rio viene rubato e finisce nelle mani di una ragazzina dei bassifondi, Neil. Da quel momento, per lei, la vita cambia: giocando con la realtà virtuale del computer, Neil si trasformerà nella detentrice della chiave d'accesso a un gigantesco network sovversivo destinato a decodificare e riprogrammare il futuro dell'umanità . Neal Stephenson: (Midwest, 1959) è il maggior esponente della seconda generazione cyberpunk, tanto da essere definito da "The Voice" "il Quentin Tarantino della fantascienza". Ha scritto il best seller Snow Crash.
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By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
- Confucius
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Incipit
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The bells of St. Mark's were ringing changes up on the mountain when Bud skated over to the mod parlor to upgrade his skull gun.
Citazioni
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The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent. The difference between stupid and intelligent people--and this is true whether or not they are well-educated--is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations--in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious when things seem overly straightforward.
It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. All the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of no use without that foundation.
Ultime parole
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New Chusan rose above them, a short swim away, and up on the mountain they could hear the bells of the cathedral ringing.
Fiction.
Literature.
Science Fiction.
HTML:Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age isa major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time Decades into our future, a stoneâ??s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neo-Victorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primerâ??s purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands. Young Nell and her brother Harv are thetesâ??members of the poor, tribeless class. Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell. When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorianâ??John Percival Hackworthâ??in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer. Following the discovery of his crime, Hackworth begins an odyssey of his own. Expelled from the neo-Victorian paradise, squeezed by agents of Protocol Enforcement on one side and a Mandarin underworld crime lord on the other, he searches for an elusive figure known as the Alchemist. His quest and Nellâ??s will ultimately lead them to another seeker whose fate is bound up with the Primerâ??a woman who holds the key to a vast, subversive information network that is destined to decode and reprogram th
della sua tribù, quella dei potenti neovittoriani. Per regalarlo alla figlia e aumentarne le chance di successo, ha copiato illegalmente II sussidiario illustrato della giovinetta, un rivoluzionario nanocomputer creato per l'educazione della nipote di un eccentrico duca. Sfortunatamente, il sussida-rio viene rubato e finisce nelle mani di una ragazzina dei bassifondi, Neil. Da quel momento, per lei, la vita cambia: giocando con la realtà virtuale del computer, Neil si trasformerà nella detentrice della chiave d'accesso a un gigantesco network sovversivo destinato a decodificare e riprogrammare il futuro dell'umanità .
Neal Stephenson: (Midwest, 1959) è il maggior esponente della seconda generazione
cyberpunk, tanto da essere definito da "The Voice" "il Quentin Tarantino della
fantascienza". Ha scritto il best seller Snow Crash.