Signal to Noise (ISBN 978-0062515346) is a 1997 cyberpunk novel by Carla Sinclair published by Harper.
Tiffany Lee Brown, writing in Wired magazine, stated that the "cybercultural parody" reflects "distinctive perspective on the foibles of the wired life" and "caricatures" people in the San Francisco technology environment.
Sinclair stated that she included elements she noticed in real life and that she "enjoyed" writing scenes portraying violence, citing an increase in adrenaline, rather than having them make her anxious.
"[2] In The Austin Chronicle newspaper, Jon Lebkowsky noted that though Signal to Noise made reference to various 1990s cybercultural people and pop culture touchstones, "the book borrows less from Wired and more from Raymond Chandler, Elmore Leonard, and Carl Hiaasen.
"[3] Kirkus Reviews posted a review stating that "the clothes, lunch hangouts, and familiar ambitions of this self-consciously cutting- edge scene" were a positive element but that it "goes downhill fast when it devolves into a breathless kidnapping/romance" as that resulted in "boredom".