For Allie, putting on the madcap that Jerry borrowed was a very big mistake. The psychosis itself was quite conventional, but it didn't go away whe...
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Sep 07, 2008
Sara
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Ok, I'll start by saying that it's not the best book in the world or anything. But I love it. Taking place in a slightly futuristic Earth where people have learned to control and manipulate their minds for fun and profit (mostly for fun), the main character is a Mind Player, sort of like a psychiatrist who actually walks though your mind with you to resolve whatever your issue is. In the meantime, she's got her own problems.
This book always makes me think about Self, the big quest More...
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Jan 28, 2012
Charles Dee
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Alexandra Victoria Haas puts on a madcap, a device that provides a good half hour or so of psychosis, only to find that it is a flawed prototype. Jerry Wireammer, her bad news friend that offers her the defective goods, drops her off at a dry cleaners. When she comes to, her mind wiped, she is under arrest for using illegal devices. But the Brain Police, a branch of the civil service as threatening as their name, take an interest in Alexandra Victoria, or Allie as she is called. It seems she liv
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Aug 13, 2011
Tancredi
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"Come fa una mente a non sapere di esser morta?"
"Come fa la sua a sapere di esser viva? In realtà, è la stessa domanda."
Quella di Pat Cadigan è una voce rara e preziosa, l'unica voce femminile in un genere duro come la fantascienza cyberpunk. Sulla scia del più celebre Neuromante, di qualche anno antecedente, Mindplayers riesce a valicare i confini della narrativa di genere, smascherando definitivamente il cyberpunk come vero e proprio movimento d'avanguardia, More...
"Come fa la sua a sapere di esser viva? In realtà, è la stessa domanda."
Quella di Pat Cadigan è una voce rara e preziosa, l'unica voce femminile in un genere duro come la fantascienza cyberpunk. Sulla scia del più celebre Neuromante, di qualche anno antecedente, Mindplayers riesce a valicare i confini della narrativa di genere, smascherando definitivamente il cyberpunk come vero e proprio movimento d'avanguardia, More...
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Jan 16, 2012
John
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Pat Cadigan made her mark in the 1980's as one of the finest writers of science fiction with her legendary short fiction and excellent novels such as "Mindplayers". Long out of print, this slender tome is one of the finest works of cyberpunk fiction; happily it is now back in print. Cadigan writes edgy, streetwise prose as carefully crafted as any by William Gibson; however, she does a better job in creating vivid, fascinating characters such as Deadpan Allie, the protagonist of "
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Oct 05, 2011
Nicholas
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I was about to read Pat Cadigan's 1995 novel, Fools, when I realized that it was set in the same universe as her first novel, Mindplayers. Being the completionist that I am, I naturally decided to read Mindplayers first.
"Mindplay" refers to the use of technology to directly stimulate the brain through a connection with the optical nerve. A mindplayer can try on new personas, get neuroses removed to improve mental health, temporarily add neuroses for fun, even directly link More...
"Mindplay" refers to the use of technology to directly stimulate the brain through a connection with the optical nerve. A mindplayer can try on new personas, get neuroses removed to improve mental health, temporarily add neuroses for fun, even directly link More...
Jul 22, 2009
Elegant
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This is one of my very favorite books ever. I met Pat at the World Science Fiction Convention last year, and I got the impression that it didn't sell very well.
This was one of the first books in the Cypherpunk genre that I ever read that wasn't cheerless and hopeless. So many great ideas.
This was one of the first books in the Cypherpunk genre that I ever read that wasn't cheerless and hopeless. So many great ideas.
Jul 22, 2008
Jerometed
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The worst Sci-fi book I've had the misfortune to read. Until now, I've avoided the tripe, but wanda the gnu fish led me into the pages of this 'book' with an interesting quote. Won't repeat it here.
I can't forgive someone who writes an introduction as promising Mindplayers' for writing a novel as bad as this.
I can't forgive someone who writes an introduction as promising Mindplayers' for writing a novel as bad as this.
Apr 01, 2010
Elena
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This book was ok. Kind of dated and born of a happy relationship with chemical use or so it seems. Interesting thought.
Dec 16, 2009
Nigel
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This is an excellent cyberpunk sci-fi novel - if you liked William Gibson's stuff you'll probably like this.
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