recent cyberpunk/Internet culture fiction
I appreciate the suggestions for cyberpunk and Internet culture fiction. These considerations are a vital part of the ways that the Internet has been conceptualized and help students to understand the political issues through other kinds of writings. However, I should note that some of my students find the unfamiliar terminology and narrative difficult to initially grasp. I have used a variety of short stories in my class as well as longer works. My ongoing concern is to include more diversity in the authors and representations we deploy. I am suggesting a few additions and would appreciate hearing more suggestions. All my best, Michele Butler, Octavia. Bloodchild and Other Stories. New York: Davis Publications, 1995. Cadigan, Pat. "Rock On" and "Pretty Boy Crossover," Patterns. New York: Tor Books, 1989: 57-65 and 129-138. Cadigan, Pat, "Icy You . . . Juicy Me," The Register (2001) http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17497.html Delany, Samuel R. Dhalgren. New York: Vintage Books, 2001. The dystopian technoculture, breakdown of text, and shifting narrative relate this novel to cyberpunk even if the computer is not a featured technology. Gomez-Pena, Guillermo. Friendly Cannibals. San Francisco: Artspace Books, 1996. Hopkinson, Nalo, "A Habit of Waste," Women of Other Worlds: Excursions through Science Fiction and Feminism. Hellen Merrick and Tess Williams, eds. Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press, 1999: 261-276. Her "Ganger (Ball Lightning)," might be more in the "cyberculture" category since it considers VR suits, gender bending, and sexuality. Hopkinson, Nalo. "Ganger (Ball Lightning)," Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, Sheree R. Thomas, ed. New York: Warner Books, 2000. Mixon, Laura. Glass Houses. New York: Tor Books, 1992. Scott, Melissa. Trouble and Her Friends. New York: Tor Books, 1994.
Michele - I still think Sylvia Brownrigg's _the metaphysical touch: a novel_ (1998) deserves a look in. Easy to read, talks of the deeper issues, includes a nice email transcription amongst a group that id's themselves only as dead poets. No cyberfiction in it at all. But a nice story of a PhD student who had her house burn down in Berkeley with all of her PhD stuff in it. Come to think if it, a bit nightmarish for those of us writing a thesis. But as I have said here before: best book on Kant and email that I have ever read. Denise ===== "The distance between here and there is growing; and getting even larger as we speak" (S. S. Hall) Denise N. Rall, PhD student, School of EnvironSciMgmt, Southern Cross Uni, Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 Office (Tuesdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree
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