Mindkiller

By Spider Robinson

Mindkiller - Spider Robinson
  • Release Date: 1982-01-01
  • Genre: Science Fiction

Description

Wireheads are a new version of junkie who feed electric currents into the pleasure centers of their brains. Karen, an ex-wireheader, and Joe, a professional thief, work to bring down the powers that be behind Wireheading, only to discover a much larger conspiracy…

On Spider Robinson:

"If one were given the task of creating Spider Robinson from scratch, the best way to do it would be to snatch James Joyce from history, force-feed him Marx Brothers films and good jazz for the better part of a decade, then turn him loose on a world badly in need of a look at itself." 
- Vancouver Sun

"Nobody's perfect. But Spider comes pretty damned close."
- Ben Bova

"A Master!"
- Locus

"Spider Robinson is the hottest writer to hit science fiction since Harlan Ellison, and he can match the master’s frenetic energy and emotional intensity, arm-break for gut-wrench.”
- The Los Angeles Times

"Spider Robinson is the Tom Robbins of the 21st century."
- John Varley

"Spider Robinson is a master storyteller…" 
- Allen Steele

[Spider Robinson] "embodies the best of Sturgeon, Heinlein, and Asimov."
- David Gerrold

“Like Heinlein in his prime, Mr. Robinson writes a crisp, tightly controlled prose about a future that is recognizably descended from today’s world, yet provocatively altered.” 
- The New York Times

"Robinson's creative imagination is admirable."
- Publishers Weekly