Little Heroes

'''Spinrad, Norman. Little Heroes.''' New York: Spectra-Bantam, 1987.

Near-future tale in which human musicians are on the verge of being replaced by "made-to-demographics software-generated Artificial Personalities." Some of the Artificial Personalities are accidentally liberated, with reality-changing results. See also for electronic brain stimulation, "the Zap." Rev. Dave Mead, SF&FBR Annual 1988: 311, source for this entry, and quote.