--On Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:01 AM +0100 Frank Schaap <architext@fragment.nl> wrote:
I'm looking for more recently-published novels that contain similar themes. If you have any suggestions to share, please send an email.
I realize I forgot to mention Ellen Ullman's novels, _Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents_, and _The Bug_. Ullman is a programmer who writes, very thoughtfully and witty, about the culture of programming and being a woman in that industry. Recommended :)
I too recommend Ullman's work, though I think only _The Bug_ is a novel; _Close to the Machine_ is a wonderful collection of essays. Also, one novel that hasn't been mentioned but that has worked very well in my course is Marge Piercy's 1991 _He, She, and It_ (published in some countries as _Body of Glass_). You can find info about it on the web; one very brief account can be found here: http://dannyreviews.com/h/Body_of_Glass.html . Joan Joan Korenman, Founding Director Center for Women & Information Technology University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21250 USA korenman@umbc.edu http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/