Diamond Age
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The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a sequel to Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson about societal implications of atomically precise manufacturing technology.
Stats
- Publication date: 1995-02
- Publisher: Bantam Spectra
- OCLC: 30894530
- ISBN: 978-0-553-38096-5 (2008-09 reissue)
Quotes
On the difference between "forgers" and "honers".[1]
Hackworth was a forger, Dr. X was a honer. The distinction was at least as old as the digital computer. Forgers created a new technology and then forged on to the next project, having explored only the outlines of its potential. Honers got less respect because they appeared to sit still technologically, playing around with systems that were no longer start, hacking them for all they were worth, getting them to do things the forgers had never envisioned.
Errors
- On page 76 of the 2008-09 paperback (ISBN 970-0-553-38096-5), in the chapter (?) titled “Hackworth in the hong of Dr. X.”, the first paragraph misspells "desiccant" as "dessicant".[2][3]
References
- ↑ Stephenson, Neal. (1995). “Diamond Age”. Bantam Spectra. ISBN: 978-0-553-38096-5 (2008-09 paperback). OCLC: 30894530. Page 76.
- ↑ Stephenson, Neal. (1995). “Diamond Age”. Bantam Spectra. ISBN: 978-0-553-38096-5 (2008-09 paperback). Page 76. “He peeled off a strip the size of a nailhead and proffered it to Dr. X, who snatched it with ivory chopsticks, dredged it through an exquisite cloisonné bowl filled with chemical dessicant, and arranged it on a small windowpane of solid diamond.”
- ↑ Schall, Joe. (2022). Words that are Commonly Misspelled in Technical Writing. “Effective Technical Writing in the Information Age”.
