From:	John Hopson jwh9@*****.duke.edu
Subject:	More Things
Date:	Sat, 31 Jul 1999 11:35:44 -0400

At 10:52 PM 7/30/99 -0400, IronRaven wrote:
>>How much of a VCR rig is headware and how much is bodyware, in terms of
>
> Lot of both, IMO. There was a novel published several years ago entitled
>"Hard Wired" (might have been Gibson, I don't own a copy myself, but I do
>know that it was SBed for CP2020) that does a REALLY good job of explaining
>how a rigger feels. If you haven't read it, it is worth it just for the
>descriptions of Pony Boy's panzer (a form of LAV, I think) becoming his
>"body" and how he used it.

Hardwired is written by Walter Jon Williams and printed by Tor books. Two
of his other books, "Voice of the Whirlwind" and "Aristoi" are
actually set
in the same universe. They're widely spaced in time, but it does offer an
interesting look at the maturation of the cyberpunk technology.

Another good (if slightly more extreme) look at rigging is Falcon, by Emma
Bull.

John