Mars Plus (Man Plus #2)

Fifty years after the colonization of Mars forced its new residents to undergo genetic and cyborg alteration, the Martian computer net, upon which all Martian life depends, develops a dangerous mind of its own. Reprint. The events chronicled in the seminal and award winning Man Plus were only the beginning. It is now fifty years later. Man is, or seems to be, on Mars to stay, but things have become...strange, even compared to the population of cyborgs, half-cyborgs and just plain humans who now occupy the Red Planet. The computer net on which all Martian life depends has long seemed to have "a mind of its own," and now that minds seems to be in a very bad mood...

The sequel to the Nebula Award-winning Man Plus takes place 50 years later and finds Man seemingly on Mars to stay. But strange things are happening, and the computer upon which all Martian life depends seems to be in a very bad mood. . . .