Humans created the sentient robot "boppers," but now it's the boppers who have started creating humans. Clones and DNA-splicing have spawned the meatbop, a human body infused with the software (the mind and personality) of a bopper. The meatbops are interested in propagating down on Earth, but that might not be so good for humanity (the boppers have a nasty habit of enslaving humans, actually). When a couple of (reasonably) innocent humans get tangled up in the bopper's machinations on the moon, it's time to drag out the stored mind of bopper-creator Cobb Anderson and see if he can help.
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"A genius. . .A cult hero among discriminating cyberpunkers" -- _-- _San Diego Union-Tribune
"One of science fiction's wittiest writers" -- _-- _San Francisco Chronicle
"You cannot know where modern science fiction has gotten to unless you are familiar with Rucker's work." -- _-- _Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Humans created the sentient robot "boppers," but now it's the boppers who have started creating humans. Clones and DNA-splicing have spawned the meatbop, a human body infused with the software (the mind and personality) of a bopper. The meatbops are interested in propagating down on Earth, but that might not be so good for humanity (the boppers have a nasty habit of enslaving humans, actually). When a couple of (reasonably) innocent humans get tangled up in the bopper's machinations on the moon, it's time to drag out the stored mind of bopper-creator Cobb Anderson and see if he can help.
Review
"A genius. . .A cult hero among discriminating cyberpunkers" -- _-- _San Diego Union-Tribune
"One of science fiction's wittiest writers" -- _-- _San Francisco Chronicle
"You cannot know where modern science fiction has gotten to unless you are familiar with Rucker's work." -- _-- _Fantasy & Science Fiction