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- From: sheilah@wam.umd.edu (Frank)
- Subject: Re: Feminist CyberPunk
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:49:08 GMT
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- In article <1e0nbtINNdpm@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> lxh16@po.CWRU.Edu (Lila Hanft) writes:
- >
- >I'm really really new to this genre -- I just finished my first dizzy-ing
- >euphoric reading of Neuromancer, and I'm breathless to read more.
- >
- >But I'm teaching a course on Feminism and Popular Culture next semester in
- >which I want to teach some feminist cyberpunk fiction -- any suggestions?
- >--
- >Lila Hanft lxh16@po.cwru.edu
- >Assistant Professor of English
- >Case Western Reserve University (216)-386-2372
- >Cleveland, OH 44106-7117 lxh16%po.cwru.edu@cunyvm
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- People have already mentioned Pat Cadigan. I enjoyed "Patterns" the most.
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- liked the story in patterns with the tv, the president.
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- Pat Murphy.
- short stories - Points of Departure
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- the story with the oaks and the battered wife.
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- The falling woman
- The city, not long after
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- the blue butterflies and the golden gate bridge.
- the golden flowers.
- everything.
- the art.
- fighting off evil.
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- Connie Willis (i think)
- Lincolns dreams
- and some other story.
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- what a short list. me?
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- throw in ursula k leguin. but she is well known so I guess I don't have to.
- I like to think of her as hard soft-scifi. meaning, hard science fiction
- about soft science. (it's more of a wish than a reality. I wish there
- were more hard soft-scifi. It's what I'm interested in. suggestions?)
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- --
- I am always wrong. Don't believe me ever.
- stark raving sane sheilah@wam.umd.edu
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