Brain Plague Joan Slonczewski Signed First Edition Hardcover Sci-Fi Novel

This signed first edition hardcover of Brain Plague by Joan Slonczewski is a thought-provoking science fiction novel that blends biology, psychology, and speculative ideas into a gripping narrative. Set in a future where microscopic organisms can influence human thought, the story follows a scientist caught between survival, autonomy, and the ethical consequences of symbiosis with an alien intelligence.

Slonczewskis background in microbiology strongly shapes the novel, giving it a grounded, hard-science edge while exploring themes of free will, identity, gender, and power. The book is known for its originality and for pushing classic science fiction into more philosophical and socially aware territory.