Return to Mark/Space
ISBN 0-812-52213-3 (US pbk)
novel, science fiction, cyberspace, computer nets, cyberpunk, virtual reality, lesbian, women
Late 21st century, Earth.
"Less than a hundred years from now, the forces of law and order crack down on the world of the computer nets. The hip, noir adventurers who get by on wit, bravado, and drugs, and haunt the virtual worlds of the Shadows of cyberspace, are up against the encroachments of civilization. It's time to adapt or die.
"India Carless, alias Trouble, got out just ahead of the feds and settled down to run a small network for an artist's co-op.
"Now someone has taken her name and begun to use it for criminal hacking. So Trouble returns. Once the fastest gun on the electronic frontier, she has tried to retire -- but has been called out for one last fight. And it's a killer." [jacket blurb, US pbk, 1995]
"A gritty, real-feeling book about sexy women from the punk side of the tracks, empowered by the nets but managing not to be corrupted by power: and a wry and interesting look at what happens when the law moves in on the wild cyberspace frontier." --Gwyneth Jones (author of White Queen).
"Lesbian hackers in cyberspace.
"I'm not sure what to make of this book. If it wasn't set nearly 100 years into the future, I could accept the basic premise of law enforcement encroaching on the Net. But given the time setting, the story lacks conviction. A hundred years from now, things just aren't going to be the same. Or are they?" --Henry W.Targowski (Mark/Space , October 1995)
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