the diamond age
neal stephenson
i read this, once upon a time (i.e. my freshman year in college), but i had forgotten pretty much the entirety of the book. this was my book-for-lea-to-read of the year, and i figured i should probably refresh myself on it (though lea read it before i “checked up on it”). this and snow crash are fun reads (at least, i think snow crash is a fun read … it’s been six years since i’ve read that one, too, and it’s on its way to madison as we speak).