The Diamond Age
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson won the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novel and the 1996 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It was also a finalist or poll selection for the 1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award and the 1997 Nebula Award for Best Novel.
The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what happens when a young girl of the poor underclass obtains the device.
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The full award history.
Finalist, 1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award · Source ↗
Winner, 1996 Hugo Award for Best Novel · Source ↗
Winner, 1996 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · Source ↗
Finalist, 1997 Nebula Award for Best Novel · Source ↗