Pat Cadigan (born 1953) is an American-born science fiction author, whose work is described as part of the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and stories all share a common theme, exploring the relationship between the human mind and technology.
She was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She was educated at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Kansas (where she studied with James Gunn), graduating...
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Pat Cadigan (born 1953) is an American-born science fiction author, whose work is described as part of the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and stories all share a common theme, exploring the relationship between the human mind and technology.
She was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She was educated at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Kansas (where she studied with James Gunn), graduating in 1975. Cadigan then went to work as a writer for Hallmark Cards. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cadigan edited the small press magazines Shayol and Chacal. She was first published in 1980; success as an author encouraged her to write full time from 1987. She emigrated to England in 1996.
Her first novel, Mindplayers, introduces what becomes the common theme to all her works. Her stories blur the line between reality and perception by making the human mind a real, explorable place. Her second novel, Synners, expands upon the same theme,...
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