Mindplayers

<i>Mindplayers</i>

Mindplayers

1987 novel by Pat Cadigan

Mindplayers is a 1987 first novel by science fiction author Pat Cadigan.[1][2]

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Plot summary

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]

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] 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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Pat Cadigan". FantasticFiction.co.uk. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Mindplayers: Pat Cadigan - Product Description". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan". FantasticFiction.co.uk. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  4. [4]
    Caparula, J. Michael (July–August 1988). "Book Reports". Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer (82). Diverse Talents, Incorporated: 47.
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