The Mocking Program is a science fiction novel by American author Alan Dean Foster, published in 2002.
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Author | Alan Dean Foster |
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Cover artist | John Blackford |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction, Detective fiction |
Publisher | Aspect |
Publication date | August 2002 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 240 pp |
ISBN | 0-446-52774-2 |
OCLC | 49226002 |
813/.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3556.O756 M63 2002 |
Plot
editA hard-boiled police procedural set in a megalopolis called the Montezuma Strip, which stretches along the old U.S.-Mexican border. When police inspector Angel Cardenas investigates the case of a male corpse found with most of its internal organs missing, the victim turns out to have had two identities - one as a local executive, the other as a Texas businessman. The plot thickens when the victim's booby-trapped house nearly kills Cardenas and his partner. The author makes use of a vast array of futuristic elements; notably, sapient apes led by gorillas and intelligent rogue computers that commit computer crimes.
While the book does not state this, this is a continuation of a series of short stories featuring the same main character, written by Foster and initially published in genre magazines under the pen-name of James Lawson, and then collected under his own name in the Warner book Montezuma Strip (1995).
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