Notes on 'Mindplayers' (1987) by Pat Cadigan (b. 1953)

Mindplayers is an essential Cyberpunk work that interrogates the psychology of existence between mind and machine. Set in the near future where an entire ecosystem of businesses, careers and government bodies has developed around manipulating people’s minds, Mindplayers centres on a category of people know as ‘mindplayers’, trained in and particularly adept at accessing, interacting with and manipulating other people’s minds via neural interface devices.

Editions:

First HC edition: Published by Harper Collins (1988)

First SC edition (true first): Published by Bantam Spectra (1987)

Collectors notes:

Less than 20 Fine HC copies currently available on the market.

Less than 5 Fine SC copies currently available on the market.

Available works by Pat Cadigan