A new look for cult author Stephenson's unstoppable sci-fi classic The future is small The future is nano & who could be smaller or more insignificant than poor Little Nell
- an orphan girl alone & adrift in a world of Confucian Law Neo-Victorian values & warring nano-technology? Well not quite alone Because Nell has a friend of sorts A guide a teacher an armed & unarmed combat instructor a book & a computer the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is all these & much much more It is illicit magical dangerous And it isn't Nell's It was stolen & now some very powerful people want to get their hands on this highly desirable object Nell is about to discover that the world can feel very small indeed Neal Stephenson is the author of the three-volume historical epic ' The Baroque Cycle' (Quicksilver The Confusion & The System of the World) as well as the novels Cryptonomicon The Diamond Age (winner of a Hugo Award) Snow Crash Zodiac Anathem & Reamde He lives in Seattle Washington