- Pat Cadigan
Pat Cadigan (born 1953) is an American-born
science fiction author , whose work is described as part of thecyberpunk movement. Her novels and stories all share a common theme, exploring the relationship between the human mind and technology.She was born in
Schenectady, New York , and grew up inFitchburg, Massachusetts . She was educated at theUniversity of Massachusetts and theUniversity of Kansas (where she studied withJames Gunn ), graduating in 1975. Cadigan then went to work as a writer forHallmark Cards . In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cadigan edited the small press magazines "Shayol " and "Chacal ". She was first published in 1980; success as an author encouraged her to write full time from 1987. She emigrated toEngland in 1996.Her first novel, "
Mindplayers ", introduces what becomes the common theme to all her works. Her stories blur the line between reality and perception by making the human mind a real, explorable place. Her second novel, "Synners ", expands upon the same theme, and both feature a future where direct access to the mind via technology is possible. While her stories include many of the gritty, unvarnished characteristics of the cyberpunk genre, she further specializes in this exploration of the speculative relationship between technology and the perceptions of the human mind.She has won a number of awards, including the
Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1992 and 1995 for her novels "Synners" and "Fools", and was a guest speaker at Microcon 28 in 2008.Robert Heinlein in part dedicated his 1982 novel Friday to Cadigan. [cite book | author=Heinlein, Robert A | title=Friday| publisher=New England Library | year=1984 | id=ISBN 0-450-05549-3]Original Novels
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Mindplayers " (1987)
*"Synners " (1991)
*"Fools" (1992)
*"Tea from an Empty Cup " (1998)
*"Dervish is Digital " (2001)Media Tie-Ins
*"The Making of Lost in Space" (1998) (book on the making of the movie "Lost in Space")
*"Lost in Space: Promised Land" (1999) (spinoff novelisation from the movie "Lost in Space")
*"Cellular" (2004) (novelisation of the movie "Cellular")
*"Jason X" (2004) (novelisation of the movie "Jason X ")
*"Jason X: The Experiment" (2005)hort-story collections
*"Patterns" (1989)
*"Dirty Work" (1993)
*"Home By The Sea" (1993)
*"Letters From Home" (1991)One of her stories appeared in "Rock On" (1981).
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