Author guide
Pat Cadigan Books in Order
Pat Cadigan (born 1953) is an American-British science fiction author associated with cyberpunk. Her major novels include Mindplayers, Synners, Fools, Tea from an Empty Cup, Dervish Is Digital, and Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine. She has also written short-fiction collections, film and television novelizations, tie-in nonfiction, and screen-based adaptations. Cadigan won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Synners and Fools and the Hugo Award for the novelette The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi.
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Mindplayers
The debut novel and the entry point to the Deadpan Allie concept.
Synners
A major standalone cyberpunk novel and one of Cadigan's most acclaimed works.
Tea from an Empty Cup
The first novel in the Artificial Reality Division series.
Read in order
Books by series
novel series · ongoing
Deadpan Allie
A series centered on Allie Haas and the mindplay profession, in which technology makes the human mind accessible, manipulable, and exploitable.
- 1 MindplayersAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1987
novel series · complete
Artificial Reality Division
The Dore Konstantin novels, set in a near-future world of virtual reality, identity crime, and technological noir.
tie-in series · complete
Lost in Space
Pat Cadigan's novelization of and sequel to the Lost in Space film.
- 1
Lost in Space: Promised LandAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1999
tie-in series · complete
Alita: Battle Angel
Tie-in novels expanding the world of the Alita: Battle Angel film.
tie-in series · ongoing
Ultraman
Official novelizations of the Ultraman and Ultra Seven television properties.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (12)
- SynnersAmazon ↗
novel · 1991
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FoolsAmazon ↗novel · 1992
- The Making of Lost in SpaceAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1998
- The Web: AvatarAmazon ↗
novella · 1999
- Resurrecting the Mummy: The Making of the MovieAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1999
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Reality Used to Be a Friend of MineAmazon ↗novel · 2003
- Upgrade & Sensuous CindyAmazon ↗
novel · 2004
- CellularAmazon ↗
novel · 2004
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ChalkAmazon ↗novella · 2013
- Gemini ManAmazon ↗
novel · 2018
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Harley Quinn: Mad LoveAmazon ↗novel · 2018
- Alien 3: The Unproduced ScreenplayAmazon ↗
novel · 2021
