Lord Finkle-McGraw learns about this from Dr. However, he introduces a hidden change into it so that only Nell can use it. He’s forced to work for the Han and mass produce a device called the Primer that will control people.

She finds work with them making handmade items-handmade items have high status in this future world where anything can be made by machines called Feeds-and begins studying at an academy where she meets two other girls who also have copies of the Primer: Elizabeth Finkle-McGraw (Lord Finkle-McGraw’s granddaughter) and Fiona Hackworth (daughter of a famous inventor). However, before long Nell is forced to flee her home because it was on land claimed by the Victorians they don’t want anyone else living in their territory. As she reads more about the world, she realizes there are many possibilities out there for her if only she can get out of poverty. She learns how to read and write from Miranda, who represents the motherly voice of a primer that Nell has. Nell’s life is hard and poor, but things begin to change. Soon enough, however, Bud dies because of his reckless behavior caused by this newfound power. This book was created by him at the behest of Victorian equity lord Lord Finkle-McGraw for his daughter but ended up being given to Hackworth’s daughter as well as Bud’s own daughter Nell. Believing that he is invincible now, Bud begins a crime spree and even acquires an illegal copy of A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer from John Perceval Hackworth. The gun responds to simple voice commands. This book explores three main tribes: Victorians, Han, and Nippon.īud, a thete in Shanghai, has a gun implanted into his skull.

The world has been organized into tribes, and anyone not part of a tribe is known as a thete (second class citizen). The Diamond Age takes place in an unspecified future where technology is advanced enough to create anything out of a supply of matter called the Feed. 1-Page Summary of The Diamond Age Overall Summary

The diamond age by neal stephenson