Synners (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Patricia Oren Kearney
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cyberpunk
- Time of Work: The twenty-first century
- Setting: Los Angeles, California
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Future, Twenty-first century, California, Los Angeles, West, U.S., Information science or systems, Computers, Artificial intelligence, Internet, Stroke
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
The Plot
Synners juxtaposes two visions of Los Angeles, the big business of Olympic Boulevard and the ruined piers of the Mimosa, the post-earthquake name of the Manhattan-Hermosa strip. In the realm of corporate entertainment, artists such as sometime lovers Visual Mark and Gina, as well as unhappy commercial writers such as Gabe Ludovic, struggle to survive in the wholly profit-driven Diversifications, Inc. In comparison, the Mimosa hacker culture resembles a family, providing a warm haven for youthful hackers such as Gabe’s emancipated daughter Sam, her friends...
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