"[Stephenson] has gotten even better.
The Diamond Age Envisions the next century as brilliantly as snow crash did the day after tomorrow."
–Newsweek "[Stephenson is] the hottest science fiction writer in America. . . .
Snow Crash is without question the biggest SF novel of the 1990s. Neal's SF novel,
The Diamond Age, promises more of the same. Together, they represent a new era in science fiction. People who plow through these mind-bogglers will walk around slack-jawed for days and reemerge with a radically redefined sense of reality."
–Details "Neal Stephenson is the Quentin Tarantino of postcyberpunk science fiction. . . . Having figured out how to entertain the hell out of a mass audience, Stephenson has likewise upped the form's ante with rambunctious glee."
–Village Voice "
Snow Crash drew its manic energy from the cyberpunkish conceit that anything is possible in virtual reality; in
The Diamond Age the wonders of cyberspace pale before the even more dazzling powers of nanotechnology."
–New York Times Book Review "
Diamond Age establishes Neal Stephenson as a powerful voice for the cyber age. . . . At once whimsical, satirical, and cautionary."
–USA Today "Stephenson's world-building skills are extraordinary. . . .
The Diamond Age should cement Stephenson's reputation as one of the brightest and wittiest young authors of American science fiction."
–San Diego Union-Tribune