[Air-l] recent cyberculture novels?

[Joan Korenman]

--On Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:01 AM +0100 Frank Schaap 
<architext at 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 at umbc.edu
        http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/