ANy thoughts?s

[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.

Not sure I understand that one...
I'm sort of interested in picking up his "Automated Alice" Sounds kind of neat...an updated alice in wonderland if you will...

Next time I am at the Library and am not in the middle of a book, I'll pick one of his up...

Aaron is a DVDTalker "famed" for posts including those two words.

I just found a few websites that might be of interest:

• VURT site
• JeffNoon.com
• Automated Alice Interview

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.

I must have missed those ones...

thanks for the history lesson

• Recent interview
• Falling out of Cars interview
• Jeff's Noon's own top 10 [according to a newspaper feature].

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.