 First edition | |
| Author | Pat Cadigan |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Mindplayers is a 1987 first novel by science fiction author Pat Cadigan.
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".
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." Fantasy Review called the novel "an energetic, intriguing, darkly humorous head-trip extravaganza." The novel was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award in 1988.
J. Michael Caparula reviewed Mindplayers in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 82. 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."
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