"Empire of Ice Cream"

I have to say, when I first started reading this story, I spent quite a bit of time arguing inside my head and making snarky comments to myself about the author and his research practices. I thought the representation of synesthesia was somewhat flawed, because, for example, two synesthetes almost never have the same perceptions of one stimulus (not to mention all of them). When I got to the end, though, I realized the errors throughout were intentional, used as a tool for the final reveal at the end.

While I really liked the story (after I finished it, of course), I have to wonder if it gives people who haven't previously been exposed to synesthesia the wrong impression. Here are a few sites that might be helpful if you guys want a clearer impression or more information about synesthesia:

An MIT site on the topic.
http://www.synesthesia.info/
http://www.mixsig.net/

If you like actual books better, look up Richard Cytowic (one of the first to ever write on the subject). Gorgas has copies of several of his books, and also a few other good books on the subject. If you do your own web searches, I would also recommend scanning any of the synesthesia forums; they're particularly interesting.

Also, if any of you think you might have a synesthesia or want to see what synesthesia tests look like, this site is pretty cool:

http://synesthete.org/