Mostly at the beginning with Waterhouse's original girlfriend. But mostly he's using her to slam on the excesses of academia. Amy Shaftoe is pretty cool. And I love that part where Lawrence Waterhouse is trying to figure out the mathematical formulae for fucking Mary and using "I'm going to church" as code for "I'm planning on fucking your sister until the bed gives out" and thinking that it's a code that only he can decipher.
Although Mary doesn't get much verbiage; which is strange since she's important to both Waterhouses. I don't even know if that's her name.
Oh well. I just finished the book and you're right. It's a cool book and I loved the way he could incorporate coding and math in such a way that it was still entertaining. But he really puts the women on the shelf for most of the story.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-13 07:13 am (UTC)Although Mary doesn't get much verbiage; which is strange since she's important to both Waterhouses. I don't even know if that's her name.
Oh well. I just finished the book and you're right. It's a cool book and I loved the way he could incorporate coding and math in such a way that it was still entertaining. But he really puts the women on the shelf for most of the story.