Publsiher: Bantam Books, ISBN:0553573314, 1996, 499 pgs. In Near Fine condition with a tiny bump to the front bottom spine hinge. A crease on the spine, otherwise bright & clean with an unmarked interior. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novel. "Neo-Victorian and genius nanotechnologist John Percival Hackworth has created an interactive educational device, the Primer, for the granddaughter of one of the rich and powerful. He also has created an illicit copy of the device for his own daughter, but that copy is stolen from him and given to Nell, a child with no prospects for education or advancement."
