false <![CDATA[Vurt]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174681904m/430214.jpg 430214 20 If you like challenging science fiction, then Jeff Noon is the author for you. <I>Vurt</I>, winner of the 1994 Arthur C. Clarke award, is a cyberpunk novel with a difference, a rollicking, dark, yet humorous examination of a future in which the boundaries between reality and virtual reality are as tenuous as the brush of a feather. <P> But no review can do Noon's writing justice: it's a phantasmagoric combination of the more imaginative science fiction masters, such as Phillip K. Dick, genres such as cyberpunk and pulp fiction, and drug culture. <P> If this tickles your fancy, you should definitely consider the sequel to <B>Vurt</B>, Pollen, or Noon's lighter and more accessible <i>Automated Alice</i>, a modern recasting of Lewis Carroll's <i> Alice in Wonderland</i>. 1383955 book 1993 Vurt total:1031|5:413|4:377|3:169|2:53|1:19| 1031 4205 1360 104 5 3 false false Mon Dec 17 14:44:50 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 14:54:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 23 17:16:36 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 08 14:36:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 09:27:47 -0700 2008 Mon May 18 17:19:15 -0700 2009 Vurt.
Noon's cyberpunk drug-culture epic strives to describe a psychedelic future/alternate Manchester, but fails quite obviously - halfway through the book, his cast of characters have yet to spend mo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon May 12 10:07:21 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 10:13:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 10:23:27 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 03:15:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jun 06 06:20:54 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 06:35:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:30:44 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:42:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Mar 19 07:48:35 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 07:51:14 -0700 2008
This book had a brilliant set up, a great chase, fantastic writing about amazing vi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Tue Sep 08 12:12:19 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 12:28:43 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:53:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:54:16 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 02:12:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 02:18:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Dec 20 13:50:46 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 07:21:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Jun 12 06:55:32 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 06:58:52 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:25:24 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 11:34:15 -0700 2009
Analogies to our modern lifestyle abound: drugs, pornography, the boob tube, video games, music, media, DRM. We have all surrendered our minds to mass media culture in so...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 24 08:58:37 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 08:58:43 -0700 2007
A friend recommended "Vurt" to me with the words "Irvine Welsh writes on cold turkey, Noon while being high.". I think he is right.]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Mon Sep 03 00:39:32 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 30 23:41:54 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 06:05:43 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 09:02:19 -0700 2009 It was almost a futuristic Irvine Welsh novel(without the dialect) but with shades a Phillip K Dicks 'A scanner darkly' and even Burroughs 'Nova ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 26 19:26:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 19:28:02 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Wed Sep 12 06:39:08 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 06:40:50 -0700 2007 i'm currently back on the feather...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 03:09:29 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 02:58:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=430214