Best Novel, 1996

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 455 pages · First published by Bantam Spectra

In a future built by nanotechnology, an interactive book made to educate a duke's granddaughter ends up in the hands of a poor girl instead.

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Also on the ballot

The Time ShipsStephen BaxterHarperPrism, 1995
Brightness ReefDavid BrinBantam Spectra, 1995
The Terminal Experiment (alt: Hobson’s Choice)Robert J. SawyerHarperPrism, 1995; Analog mid-Dec 1994,Jan,Feb,Mar 1995
RemakeConnie WillisBantam Spectra, 1995