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by Lynn Cherny (Editor), Elizabeth Reba Weise (Editor) "There is a male sort of loneliness that adheres in programming ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 270 pages
  • Publisher: Seal Press (20 Mar 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1878067737
  • ISBN-13: 978-1878067739
  • Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 12.8 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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A collection of essays on women and computers, with topics ranging from romance online to the sexist marketing of computers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking, fascinating, a few flaws, 1 Jan 1997
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The essays, individually, were very strong, and collectively make for quite an interesting read.

Pro: Funny in places you don't expect; don't miss the "Clitoral Hoods" response to censorship at CMU, or numerous other great touches.

Con: It is a little disorienting to receive (it seemed) 6 explanations of Usenet in a row. It seems like careful editing could have prevented the essays from these tedious redundancies.

More importantly, I found all the essays to be worth my time reading, save one: the sensationalistic piece of tripe about "hacker's attitudes towards women." I can only conclude that the author of this piece was hopelessly naive, or else was going out of her(?) way to create a piece of fiction doing justice to every adolescent male's fantasies of hacker eliteness. So cliche riddled it would have made me laugh if it hadn't been so far removed from the rest of the book in quality.

In sum: excellent essays, well worth a read, skip the unspeakable hacker essay.

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