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1987 novel by Pat Cadigan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mindplayers is a 1987 first novel by science fiction author Pat Cadigan.[1][2]
Author | Pat Cadigan |
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Cover artist | Albert Rocarlos |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Bantam Spectra |
Publication date | July 1, 1987 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 276 |
ISBN | 0-553-26585-7 |
OCLC | 27787704 |
A dare goes awry when Allie tries on a stolen madcap and is afflicted with psychotic delusions that will not go away. "Cured" by a mindplayer, Allie is soon forced to become one herself or face a prison sentence as a "mind criminal".[2][3]
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] The novel was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award in 1988.[3]
J. Michael Caparula reviewed Mindplayers in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 82.[4] Caparula commented that "the individual scenes and characters are memorable, especially black-marketeer Jerry Wirehammer. Mindplayers comes off as a blueprint for a better novel, one that is hopefully in the works."[4]
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