Cyberpunk discussion

The woman in cyberpunk: Can you identify one heroine in cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, biopunk etc. that stands out for you and why?

Archie by Lisa Mason. The main character is a woman.

Mona from Gibson’s “Mona Lisa Overdrive”. She’s an ordinary person, like Deckard from Blade Runner, but not even as prepared as a police officer. Yet, because of an accident of appearance she gets dragged into a world of alien A.I.’s, tech gods (who might be the same thing), and does her small bit to make things better.

Aeon Flux. Just remember watching it on cartoon sushi way back in the day.

Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell. A leader, an icon and both brains and brawn.

Gina from Synners.

Detective Lieutenant Dore Konstantin from Tea from an empty Cup and Dervish is Digital. By female author Pat Cadigan. Proved that cyberpunk was not exclusively a boys club.

One of my all time favorites is Molly from Neuromancer (written by William Gibson).

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/neuroma...

"A bodyguard, razorgirl, and hit man for hire, Molly works for Armitage. She has extensively surgically modified her body. She has razorblades that extend from her nails, a rewired predator’s nervous system, and lens implants in front of her eyes, which allow her to see in the dark and provide her with real-time information about her surroundings. Molly often explains that she’s only motivated by money and by protecting herself. She feels professional pride, but feels little affection or loyalty to her employers. Molly and Case become sexually involved early in their business relationship. However, she remains emotionally distant—midway through the novel Case realizes he knows almost nothing about her, and she only ever reveals two memories from her past—one about how she worked as a human sex doll to pay for her body modifications, and the other about how her ex-boyfriend, Johnny, was killed by a hit man not unlike the clone Hideo. Molly and Case collaborate on several missions for Armitage and Wintermute (Armitage’s AI employer). Case provides the technological back end of a mission, whereas Molly provides the muscle, going into physical locations as Case breaks through their digital defenses. The two remain connected via Molly’s simstim, which allows Case to see the world through her eyes even as he hangs back in a safe location. A lone wolf at heart, the novel ends with a note from Molly, announcing that Case is slowing her down and she has to leave him."

Sarah from the Walter Jon Williams book "Hardwired". I found the dysfunctional relationship with her drug addict brother heart-wrenching

Major Motoko Kusanagi is based.

Cypher from the Daedalus Cycle

For it would have to be Molly Millions from the sprawl series. Shes amazing, Total badass.

YT from Neil Stephenson's Snow Crash. Because she's such a badass.

Just re-read John Shirley's City City Come A-Walkin' (1980), and Gibson admitted Molly had some similarities to post-punker and badass Catz Wailin'. She's also the moral compass of the book who stays true to her principles.