1) Cyberpunk novel 
Mindplayers is a 1987 first novel by science fiction author Pat Cadigan. ==Plot summary== A dare goes awry when Ali tries on a stolen madcap and is afflicted with psychotic delusions that will not go away. `Cured` by a mindplayer, Ali is soon forced to become one herself or face a prison sentence as a `mind criminal.` ==Reception== Analog Scie...