On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Lesley Hall wrote:
[in response to]:
>the three Wilhelmina(?) Baird novels _Clipjoint_,
_Psychosis_, > >and ???, and I must say that I don't really think of them
as >cyberpunk. I > have also had trouble pinning "feminist" on them,
either. >If someonehas > classified them as feminist cyberpunk, I'd like
to know >why... ;-)
> I can't think why either! Good reads (though the last vol I thought an
> absolute cop-out), but not feminist
NH: Wasn't the first one called _Crash Course?_ If so, I read them, too.
I don't think they were particularly trying to be feminist. Good point,
there weren't many female characters other than the protagonist; I hadn't
thought of that. I found them to be good reads too, though I think the
third one was attenuated. For me, one of the most interesting things
about them was the triad in which the main character lives. But I found I
wasn't entirely convinced by the description of it. I *hope* I'm talking
about the same novels as everyone else...
-nalo
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