The Diamond Age

I have just finished Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, the book that followed Snow Crash. Although the stories of the books aren't related, Stephenson's vision of another alternative future was just as engaging yet frustratingly possible. Stephenson continuted to refine concepts of viruses or memes that are passed between people with multiple vectors, as well as the simultaneous balkanization and globalization of culture upon the disruption of the nation-states.

This was yet another book I borrowed through the magic of Interlibrary Loan. This book came from Lincoln City's Driftwood Library. There was an interesting stamp on the last page of the book that said "Tell the world this book was" and then three columns. One for "Good," one for "Bad" and one for "So-So." I'm not sure if I was supposed to actually write in there or what.

December 26, 2003 09:05 PM