On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, luciana luciana wrote:

I'm very interested on that. could u let me know anything else?

I picked up a copy of the book a while back. Some of the sidenotes and off-storyline events are interesting and mildly humorous. The ending was incredibly unbelievable and anti-climatic. (The tacked on end-of-the-end was just plain stupid.) The main characters spend little time involved with the revolution they claim to be bringing about. It does make mention of the Cypherpunks. (One of the authors was involved in the very beginning, but I have not seen her post here any time in my memory. (She claims to have coined the term "Cypherpunk".)) If you want Cyberpunk/Cypherpunk fiction, there are much better choices. Neal Stephenson (sp?) is a good choice. ("Snow Crash" and the short story "Hacking the Spew" are two of my favorites from him.) If you do get "How to mutate...", wait until it comes out in paperback. Then you won't feel as cheated as I did when i finished the book. alan@ctrl-alt-del.com | Note to AOL users: for a quick shortcut to reply Alan Olsen | to my mail, just hit the ctrl, alt and del keys.