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Decades into the future, near the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neo-Victorians, by making an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called “A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer”.
1995 HOMer Award – Novel (Nomination)
1996 John W. Campbell Memorial Award – Second Place (Place: 2)
1996 Hugo Award – Best Novel (Win)
1996 Locus Poll Award – Best SF Novel (Place: 1)
1996 SF Chronicle Award – Novel (Win)
1996 Prometheus Award – Prometheus (Best Libertarian SF Novel) (Nomination)
1997 Nebula Award – Novel (Nomination)