Book description
voices in my head but what if they were real what if you could map them trace their circuits like subway lines beneath the skin pat cadigan wrote this thing that feels like falling through mirrors backwards while your brain downloads itself into someone else's dreams
alexandra victoria haas caught between worlds literally the system caught her playing with minds rewriting realities and now she's given this choice prison or becoming something else entirely a pathosfinder which sounds like a job title from a fever dream but maybe that's exactly what it is
the audiobook pulls you in with this weird intimacy like someone whispering directly into your ear about the architecture of consciousness cadigan's cyberpunk roots show but she's not just playing with tech she's dissecting what makes us human when humanity becomes optional when you can jack into someone's psyche like it's a video game save file
what strikes me is how she treats the mind as territory to be explored mapped claimed like the americas but internalized turned inward until the frontier becomes the synapses the neural pathways become highways you can drive down at night with the windows open and your thoughts spilling out onto the asphalt
the narration catches this perfectly this fragmented sense of self that comes with living too close to the edge of what's real cadigan's writing has this quality like she's thinking faster than she can write and the audiobook format somehow captures that urgency that breathless quality of someone trying to explain something they barely understand themselves
pathosfinder sounds clinical but it's not it's about finding the emotional truth in a world where truth itself has become negotiable where reality is just another program you can crash if you know the right code
this is early cadigan before she became a multiple arthur c. clarke award winner but you can feel the seeds of everything that made her great already planted here in this strange little book about a woman who chooses to dive deep into the collective unconscious rather than rot in a cell which when you think about it might be the most punk rock decision ever made
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience