This short novel includes two dystopias. The first is a version of contemporary India from the perspective of a Dalit (Untouchable) girl. The second is a version of virtual reality where children kidnapped from the streets of Delhi. But within virtual reality there are also eutopian spaces where the girl is treated as an equal. See also 1997 Baxter, Gulliverzone and 1998 Lovegrove. Other, non-utopian volumes in the series include Stephen Bowkett, Dreamcastle (1997), Graham Joyce, Spiderbite (1997), Peter F. Hamilton, Lightstorm (1997), Ken Macleod, Cydonia (1998), Maggie Furey, Sorceress (1998), Stephen Baxter, Webcrash (1998), Maggie Furey, Spindrift (1998), Eric Brown, Walkabout (1999), and Pat Cadigan, Avatar (1999).
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C6 -The author (b. 1960) was born in England and lives in Scotland
C7 - 1997 CY - London DA - 01/1997 LA - eng N1 -Rpt. in Web 2027 (London: Millennium, 1999), 195-285.
N2 -This short novel includes two dystopias. The first is a version of contemporary India from the perspective of a Dalit (Untouchable) girl. The second is a version of virtual reality where children kidnapped from the streets of Delhi. But within virtual reality there are also eutopian spaces where the girl is treated as an equal. See also 1997 Baxter, Gulliverzone and 1998 Lovegrove. Other, non-utopian volumes in the series include Stephen Bowkett, Dreamcastle (1997), Graham Joyce, Spiderbite (1997), Peter F. Hamilton, Lightstorm (1997), Ken Macleod, Cydonia (1998), Maggie Furey, Sorceress (1998), Stephen Baxter, Webcrash (1998), Maggie Furey, Spindrift (1998), Eric Brown, Walkabout (1999), and Pat Cadigan, Avatar (1999).
PB - Orion Children’s Books and Dolphin Paperbacks PP - London PY - 1997 RN -Part of a series entitled The Web.
TI - Untouchable ER -