Books like Synners by Pat Cadigan
Pat Cadigan’s Synners paints a cyberpunk future in which emerging technologies spawn crime before they reach mainstream society. The narrative explores how the human mind has merged with digital landscapes, making reality an incidental backdrop to daily life. Through its exploration of virtual environments, computer hackers, and conscious automata, the novel examines the complex relationship between technology and humanity.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Science Fiction/Cyberpunk
Authors: Pat Cadigan
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