Anyone read Jeff Noon?
04-12-02, 05:12 PM
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Any thoughts?
[shades of Aaron Amos!]I wrote a review of his first book, Vurt, some years ago for the British Science Fiction Association. I liked it.
There were discernible influences of Anthony Burgess [violent youth culture, language], Philip K Dick ["what is real", certain imagery] and Russell Hoban [language, Orpheus/mythic themes].
I also saw a theatrical performance of this work a summer or so ago at the Contact Theatre in Manchester.
Since the first, I have read a couple more of his books and he seems to be mantaining his quality. Definitely a "different" kind of a writer: I believe he is a music fan and sometimes writes to a rhythm.
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04-12-02, 05:49 PM
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Re: Any thoughts?
Originally posted by benedict
[shades of Aaron Amos!]
[shades of Aaron Amos!]
I wrote a review of his first book, Vurt, some years ago for the British Science Fiction Association. I liked it.
There were discernible influences of Anthony Burgess [violent youth culture, language], Philip K Dick ["what is real", certain imagery] and Russell Hoban [language, Orpheus/mythic themes].
I also saw a theatrical performance of this work a summer or so ago at the Contact Theatre in Manchester.
Since the first, I have read a couple more of his books and he seems to be mantaining his quality. Definitely a "different" kind of a writer: I believe he is a music fan and sometimes writes to a rhythm.
Next time I am at the Library and am not in the middle of a book, I'll pick one of his up...
04-13-02, 01:19 PM
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I read Vurt and Pollen many years ago. Both were good, cyber-punkish reads. Sort of somewhere inbetween Gibson when he was doing his "Sprawl" stuff and PKD at his drug-obsessed, paranoid best.
Haven't read any of Noon's other books, though. The description of Automated Alice didn't do much for me, so I didn't get it. Haven't picked up any of his subsequent books, either.
If anyone like Jeff Noon, I'd also recommend Steve Aylett (Slaughtermatic, Shamanspace). Similar in tone to Noon's books.
Haven't read any of Noon's other books, though. The description of Automated Alice didn't do much for me, so I didn't get it. Haven't picked up any of his subsequent books, either.
If anyone like Jeff Noon, I'd also recommend Steve Aylett (Slaughtermatic, Shamanspace). Similar in tone to Noon's books.
04-13-02, 01:46 PM
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Originally posted by benedict
Aaron is a DVDTalker "famed" for posts including those two words.
I just found a few websites that might be of interest:
Aaron is a DVDTalker "famed" for posts including those two words.
I just found a few websites that might be of interest:
thanks for the history lesson
11-09-03, 06:15 PM
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2003: "Falling out of Cars"
- Recent interview
- Falling out of Cars interview
- Jeff's Noon's own top 10 [according to a newspaper feature].
11-17-03, 03:06 PM
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I read Vurt and never could find Pollen. It is out of print now and there are so many other books to read, I haven't tried really hard to track down a copy. Vurt is great, though.
