SF Masterworks (TPB)Synners (Cadigan, Pat)
What does it mean to be human when you're part of the machine? Synners are synthesizers - not machines, but people. They take images from the brains of performers, and turn them into a form which can be packaged, sold and consumed. They don't use the net, they are the net. Everything is automated. Everything is synthetic. But when the technology starts to fail, the terrifying question remains: what is a human?
Udgivet af Gollancz
Pat Cadigan
Cadigan er en amerikansk SF-forfatter. Hun begyndte at skrive i slutningen af 70'erne. Hun slog rigtigt an da hun skrev cyberpunk romanen "Synners" i 1991. Siden er hun blevet ved det teknologiske, senest med bogen "Tea from an Empty Cup". Cadigan skriver intelligente bøger, og er ikke bange for at gøre dem indviklede. Efter hun flyttede til London er der kommet færre romaner fra hende, men hun skriver stadig noveller.