ISBN 0-586-21148-9 (UK pbk)

Introduction by Bruce Sterling;

"Patterns" by Pat Cadigan
(originally published in Omni , August 1987),

"Eenie Meenie, Ipsateenie" by Pat Cadigan
(also contained in the anthology Shadows 6 edited by Charles L.Grant, 1983),

"Vengeance Is Yours" by Pat Cadigan,

"The Day the Martels Got the Cable" by Pat Cadigan
(originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , December 1982),

"Roadside Rescue" by Pat Cadigan
(originally published in Omni , July 1985... also contained in the anthology Alien Sex edited by Ellen Datlow),

"Rock On" by Pat Cadigan
(excerpt from Synners ... also contained in: Mirrorshades edited by Bruce Sterling; Storming the Reality Studio edited by Larry McCaffery; Light Years and Dark edited by Michael Bishop),

"Heal" by Pat Cadigan,

"Another One Hits the Road" by Pat Cadigan
(originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , January 1984),

"My Brother's Keeper" by Pat Cadigan,

"Pretty Boy Crossover" by Pat Cadigan
(originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine , January 1986... also contained in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection ... and in Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality edited by Karie Jacobson, 1993),

"Two" by Pat Cadigan
(originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , January 1988),

"Angel" by Pat Cadigan
(originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine , May 1987... winner of the 1988 Locus Award... also contained in the anthology Best of the Year edited by Gardner Dozois),

"It Was the Heat" by Pat Cadigan
(also contained in the anthology Tropical Chills edited by Timothy Sullivan),

"The Power and The Passion" by Pat Cadigan.

"There's no such thing as ordinary life... When you dip between the covers of a Cadigan book you soon realize you're in another world. Not a made-up fantasy land of elves and wizards or a science-fiction world of intergalactic starship fleets, but our world -- only it's changed, with stunning consequences. What appears to be commonplace becomes chillingly unusual when you look through Cadigan's eyes.

"Patterns defies any standard category. Outlandish ideas merge with everyday situations and real characters that live and breathe. The whole range of human (and alien) emotions is covered in these fourteen astonishing stories. From the award-winning 'Angel' and the sultry, erotically charged 'It Was the Heat' to the devastatingly original 'Pretty Boy Crossover', this collection displays the formidable power and variety of a writer who is unique in her field.

"Witty, eerie, shocking, always provocative, Patterns is ultimately about people, often leading what appear to be normal lives. But in Cadiganland nothing is normal, and 'life' can be a very misleading term..." [jacket blurb, UK pbk, 1991]

"These are visionary stories with a certain indefinable yet chilling insight into the late twentieth century... She has the gift of a truly original vision, and the gift of expression with power and clarity... when combined they burn with a hard gemlike flame." --Bruce Sterling.

"Patterns pushed into psychological cracks relentlessly." --Alan Wexelblat (in a review of Dirty Work , 1994).

"Ambient spaces of the mind...

"Pat Cadigan is good, really really good. I urge you to read everything she writes. Pronto." --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1995).

Highly recommended.

Pat Cadigan's Homepage
("The web pages for Pat are an attempt to inform people about her work, and sustain interest in it. This is especially necessary as so much of her work is out of print at the moment in the US and the UK..." --Chris Fowler.)

A Review of Patterns
(in The Nova Express , Volume 3, Number 1, 19??)