The Diamond Age is my favorite, by far, of the work of his that I've read (including the two you mentioned). It's very very good. I like the way he imagines a

The Diamond Age is my favorite, by far, of the work of his that I've read (including the two you mentioned). It's very very good. I like the way he imagines a world where everyone can print whatever they need from The Feed (nanomachines + materials), and yet it's so different from the techno-utopias we have seen before where such is possible. Most importantly, I really liked the characters (just like I did in Snow Crash). It's interesting in that there doesn't seem to be an antagonist, really -- it's more about the journey of the young lady. It's a neat fairy tale.