MADDOX, Tom

MADDOX, Tom
   Working name of US writer Daniel Thomas Maddox (1945-) who began publishing polished short stories with "The Mind like a Strange Balloon" for Omni in 1985. His first novel, HALO (1991), moves from a CYBERPUNK Earth to a SPACE HABITAT, engaging en route in an intense contemplation ofthe nature of artificial intelligence (AI; CYBERNETICS; ROBOTS) in a VIRTUAL-REALITY environment. The tale is intermittently hectic, butcharged with energy.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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