CrashCourse

by Wilhelmina Baird

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441121632
• ISBN13: 9780441121632
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Fun, Feminist, Adult Cyberpunk

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.

if you like reality TV, then.....

....sink your teeth into this one. The main characters (a thief, a sculptor, and a handsome actor) are sucked into a reality show/movie for the money. However, they don't know that the girl they just "saved" is a snuff film actress, and she loves to kill.Some memorable lines, too. Baird has a crisp, clean style--fiction that gleams like a space-age weapon.

Cyberpunk Grown Up

This novel is what cyberpunk could be if it were allowed to grow up. Baird doesn't dwell on all the precious details of the tech behind the story; rather, she simply posits it, and credits the reader with enough imagination to do likewise. CRASHCOURSE is a story driven by character and action, a great amusement park ride with plenty of twists and "Huh? Ack! Wow!" moments. It would make a terrific film if they can resist messing up the story on the way to the screenplay. Unfortunately, the book's out of print at the moment (July 2000), but if you can find a used copy, jump at it.

Definitely worth-it

I got this book as a stocking-filler at Christmas, but I love this book! I hope they make a movie or mini-series.

One of my favorites.

I read this in the 10th grade in high school, and enjoyed it very much...I'm still trying to find a bookstore that will get it for me