The Mocking Program

The Mocking Program
AuthorAlan Dean Foster
Cover artistJohn Blackford
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, Detective fiction
PublisherAspect
Publication dateAugust 2002
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages240 pp
ISBN0-446-52774-2
OCLC49226002
Dewey Decimal813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3556.O756 M63 2002

The Mocking Program is a science fiction novel by American author Alan Dean Foster, published in 2002.[1][2]

Plot

A 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).

References

  1. ^ "THE MOCKING PROGRAM by Alan Dean Foster". Publishers Weekly. July 1, 2002. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  2. ^ Lazarowitz, Steve (2003). "The SF Site Featured Review: The Mocking Program". SF Site. Archived from the original on December 2, 2003. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
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