The Girl Who Was Plugged In Oh this was a gem of cyberpunk if I've ever seen one! I don't care if it was written in the sixties it has more grit in it than some of Gibsons work.To have this girl be extended into the body of some one else actually seemed feesable to me in this story. The explanaitions of the technology were clear and were almost in tune to some of todays tech. I really enjoyed the description of P Burke compared to that of Delphi. the most horrifiying image I thought was when Burke was wading across the pool in Colorado.I could just imagine this blob of a human all twisted and knarled running through the water, flab in the thighs pounding against the waves created by movement. I got this sense of cellulite, a picture when burke was described sitting in the little closet. Oh, gawd. The interface with delphi was intriguing, and the part of the advertising was funny. It kind of showed how corrupt the advertising companies are and how they can manipulate us, even a CO's own son was fooled. I thought for sure Delphi would live, but in true cyberpunk fashion, no way jerk, the story must end with you going, "Holy Shit, that was a story." There seems to be a factor that in every cyberpunk story, someone has to get screwed with or its not groovy. Even if the protagonist get away with the goods everyone else gets jerked around with in a big way. No elfs and fairies showing their queer little magic making everything right for the world.Its all out war for themselves. But back to the response, the ending was great, although some was missing. The bloody pulp that was Burke was truly as disgusting as she was before death. At first , I was thinking, he's not going to love the blob is he? Right after that thought he, I forget his name, rips burke to shreds. I guess with men love and sex ( if we can separate the two) are visual things, and the guy just couldn't handle it. James Triptree has a very interesting yet down to earth writing style. The best example I can think of is when Delphi and her man are in the boat or whatever heading for the underground comples, the pilot asks the guy to please put the gun to his head so the police can see. Man that was sweet. So simple but that explained cyberpunk to me. Like "Hey man, you do your thing, but I'm jsut trying to save my butt." Every one is tying to survive and it appears like an everyday thing. The pilots ease at the whole thing shows this. Good grief , I loved this story. It was better than Cats. I will read it again and again.