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Mindplayers Author(s) Pat Cadigan Country United States Language English Genre(s) Science fiction Publisher Bantam Spectra Publication date July 1, 1987 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 276 ISBN 0553265857 OCLC Number 27787704 Mindplayers is the 1987 first novel of science fiction author Pat Cadigan.[1][2]
Plot summary
A dare goes awry when Ali tries on a stolen madcap and is afflicted with psychotic delusions that will not go away. "Cured" by a mindplayer, Ali is soon forced to become one herself or face a prison sentence as a "mind criminal."[2][3]
Reception
Analog Science Fact & Fiction said of Mindplayers and Cadigan, "Excellent stuff, perceptive, imaginative, subtle and penetrating. A pleasure to read, and a writer to admire."[2] Fantasy Review called the novel "an energetic, intriguing, darkly humorous head-trip extravaganza,"[2] and it was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award in 1988.[3]
References
- ^ "Pat Cadigan". FantasticFiction.co.uk. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/pat-cadigan/. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Mindplayers: Pat Cadigan - Product Description". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0575071362. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
- ^ a b "Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan". FantasticFiction.co.uk. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/pat-cadigan/mindplayers.htm. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
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- 1987 novels
- 1980s science fiction novels
- Cyberpunk novels
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