Crashcourse [Paperback]

Wilhelmina Baird (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1993

Cass, Moke, and Dosh do not know what they are getting themselves into when they sign a contract to star in a cyber-cinema film, which enables the audience to plug into the stars' emotions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 277 pages
• Publisher: Ace; Ace ed edition (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441121632
• ISBN-13: 978-0441121632
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,396,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good cyber-read, April 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Crashcourse (Paperback)

Ms. Baird has a strong first showing in the realm of the cyber. She evokes an atomosphere hovering between the dark future of bladerunner and a fast-action comic book. It reads not so much like William Gibson as Neal Stephanson's "Snow Crash" with no "net" (at least I couldn't find it). The premise blurs the line between reality and movies, and she makes it work due to the technowizardry that exists in her world. What an interesting future!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Feminist, Adult Cyberpunk, October 16, 2001

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"vic2oriam" (Las Vegas, Nv.,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crashcourse (Paperback)

A funny,fast paced romp thru a future you'll really like reading about( as long as Baird's writing it), but you wouldn't really want to live in. While fast and punkish there is a supprisingly tender(3? or is it 4?)way love story winding it's way thru all the mayhem.Baird gives us some fairly complex characters in nicely subtle way. She doesn't get lazy and break thru and tell us all about the characters omnipitently, as too many authors do now.A pretty good read.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gift for quirky phrases, June 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Crashcourse (Paperback)

Cyberpunk with a feminine touch (or slap). Anyway it's the story of three strange characters and an equally strange cast of supporting characters. The punk lingo is highly in evidence in the stream of consciousness narative. The action is dark, furious and there's a fairly high body count. A Strong sense of place and character brings you in and the fact that Ms. Baird is not afraid to maim and kill her protagonists is very refreshing. If you like cyberpunk, you'll like Crashcourse.