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All four of Steve Aylett's "Accomplice" books in one volume,
revised, with a new Preface and an intro by Michael Moorcock.
Starburst Magazine has called the books "a hugely impressive
example of outrageous literary wit and uncommon good sense,
demonstrating once more that Aylett is the coolest writer alive
today". SFX has called them "Bizarre, innovative and utterly
original". Collecting the titles Only an Alligator, The Velocity
Gospel, Dummyland and Karloff's Circus, THE COMPLETE ACCOMPLICE
follows the simple Barny and his friends through the intertwisted
power manipulations of Accomplice, a zone where hell's defected
demons discover they can never match or out-do humanity when it
comes to spectacular dishonesty and evasion. "Something this rapid
shouldn't be so intoxicating or so dense with ideas. It's a
roaring, groaning perpetual motion machine decked out as a fun fair
attraction. Read it and you'll need resuscitating" - 3:AM
A NEW ADVENTURE IN MICHAEL MOORCOCK'S 'END OF TIME' UNIVERSE
21st-century revolutionary Leo finds himself at the End of Time,
surrounded by decadent sorcerers whose childlike incomprehension is
his worst nightmare. How to be effective when consequence is
removed? What can have meaning when everything is transformed into
fashion? Can love exist here? Leo storms through this lurid land in
search of meaning, a cause, and a meal he can recognise.
" the most original voice in the literary scene" - Michael
Moorcock
Steve Aylett has been described as "utterly original" (SFX), "an
unstoppable master of space and time" (Asimov 's) and " the coolest
writer alive today " (Starburst).
"one of the most exciting and innovative creators to emerge in
years" - Alan Moore "a phenomenal talent" - Trashotron
"Aylett has made a career out of redefining the boundaries of
science fiction - and sanity" - Barnes & Noble Spotlight
Feature
"the sheer exuberance and inventiveness that can take a sentence,
twist it through an unfathomable angle, and layer on meanings and
associations that enrich the text. There's a real sense of Aylett's
joy in playing with words, a sense of fun that is still mingled
with acute observation." Concatenation
After strangling a mime in the King's court, Fain encounters a
crazy old man who offers to grant him three wishes. What will Fain
ask for? Looping through his own past and offending kings and
leaders throughout the world, Fain searches for the means to wisely
direct his new powers. His quest grows increasingly vivid as he
encounters monsters, mermaids, warlocks and autarchs, gathering
richer understanding with each magic gift. With an introduction by
Alan Moore, Fain the Sorcerer is a dense and mischievous work of
shamanic satire. "Aylett makes both the journey and its end an
absolute delight for the reader... an instant classic in the field"
- Locus "rip-roaring good fun" - Jeff Vandermeer, SFsite "a
stunning work of the imagination that is also very, very funny,
from one of the most exciting and innovative creators to emerge
along in years." - Alan Moore Steve Aylett has been described as
"utterly original" (SFX), "an unstoppable master of space and time
" (Asimov 's), " the most original voice in the literary scene"
(Michael Moorcock) and " the coolest writer alive today "
(Starburst). "Aylett has made a career out of redefining the
boundaries of science fiction - and sanity." - Barnes & Noble
Spotlight Feature www.steveaylett.com
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Novahead (Paperback)
Steve Aylett
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R340
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About to quit the failed experiment of civilisation, fake detective
Taffy Atom is detained by one last case - a boy with a bomb in his
mind. But what's the trigger? Pursued by cops, mobsters,
mercenaries and a mechanical swan, Atom carries the bomb and
trigger through Beerlight City, the single holdout of creative
mischief in a world overtaken by the trend-led Fadlands. By the
relentless principles of gun karma Aylett's final Beerlight book
lands you in the Delayed Reaction Bar and fixes you a glass of
antifreeze with everything in it. Listen to your heart. It will not
stop slowly. "The most original and most consciousness-altering
living writer in the English language, not to mention one of the
funniest. In NOVAHEAD Aylett delivers his most searing work to date
and comes up with noir fiction so black it's fluorescent" - Alan
Moore. Steve Aylett has been described as "utterly original" (SFX),
"an unstoppable master of space and time" (Asimov's), "the most
original voice in the literary scene" (Michael Moorcock) and "the
coolest writer alive today" (Starburst). "Aylett has made a career
out of redefining the boundaries of science fiction - and sanity."
- Barnes & Noble Spotlight Feature.
In the constant apocalypse nobody cares if your skull is made of
wood or your friends are flying ants. Corrosive phantoms are
two-a-penny in such a high-res environment. Minotaur Babs improves
the shining hour by snogging horses and has a style pedal attached
to his arm so he can punch people in the manner of various
celebrities. A basement of whispering apes is the source of all
wisdom. Bob is propelled through a hull door with only a parachute
between him and the slamming palm of god. Placid vampires suggest
shapeless and impractical management policies. But how much of the
narrator's vortical tale is designed to annoy Eddie and waste his
time? A volley of poetic stand-up, this intense splurge contains
some of the most unnerving excuses in print, all a-scramble with
phosphene electricity and casual resentment. You will emerge from
this revised edition glowing like a dashboard saint.
Steve Aylett has been described as "utterly original" (SFX), "the
most original voice in the literary scene" (Michael Moorcock), "an
unstoppable master of space and time" (Asimov's) and "the coolest
writer alive today" (Starburst). SMITHEREENS collects 19 stories
including 'The Man Whose Head Expanded', the prophetic 'Download
Syndrome', 'The Burnished Adventures of Injury Mouse', the full
text of 'Voyage of the Iguana', the last ever Beerlight story
'Specter's Way', 'Horoscope', and the closest thing Aylett has ever
written to a traditional SF story, 'Bossanova' (featuring a robot
and two spaceships ) There are also animal-attack-while-writing
reminiscences in 'Evernemesi' and top-of-the-line declarative
bitterness in 'On Reading New Books'. Snails, whales and cortical
drills. Aylett's last collection. "clearly a phenomenal talent." -
Trashotron "Aylett has made a career out of redefining the
boundaries of science fiction - and sanity." - Barnes & Noble
Spotlight Feature
There's a new genre rising from the underground. Its name: BIZARRO.
For years, readers have been asking for a category of fiction
dedicated to the weird, crazy, cult side of storytelling that has
become a staple in the film industry (with directors such as David
Lynch, Takashi Miike, Tim Burton, and even Lloyd Kaufman) but has
been largely ignored in the literary world, until now. The Bizarro
Starter Kit features short novels and story collections by ten of
the leading authors in the bizarro genre: Ray Fracalossy, Jeremy C.
Shipp, Jordan Krall, Mykle Hansen, Andersen Prunty, Eckhard Gerdes,
Bradley Sands, Steve Aylett, Christian TeBordo, and Tony Rauch.
"There was also a problem with the first edition of Rigor Mortis.
The biographical notes on the back cover- with the by now
inevitable photo of Lint kissing a tortoise- stated that Lint had
died in 1972. The media, poised to praise him after his death,
sprang in with lamentations that he had been tragically neglected
by commercial enterprise and that it was baffling that his artistic
genius had not been more appreciated. Their bitter embarrassment
upon learning that he was still alive and open to their patronage
drove a bigger wedge than ever between the media and Lint- they had
no recourse but to pretend he did not exist at all. 'So in terms of
money, publicity and ease of progress,' Lint observed, 'all remains
the same.'" Jeff Lint was author of some of the strangest and most
inventive satirical SF of the twentieth century. He transcended
genre in classics such as Jelly Result and The Stupid Conversation,
becoming a cult figure and pariah. Like his contemporary Philip K.
Dick, he was blithely ahead of his time. Aylett follows Lint
through his Beat days; his immersion in pulp SF, psychedelia and
resentment; his disastrous scripts for Star Trek and Patton; the
controversies of The Caterer comic and the scariest kids' cartoon
ever aired; and his belated Hollywood success in the 1990s. It was
a career haunted by death, including the undetected death of his
agent, the suspicious death of his rival Herzog, and the unshakable
"Lint is dead" rumors, which persisted even after his death.
This follow-up to LINT, the biography of cult author Jeff Lint,
delves deeper into the psychosis of the seminal writer's work. This
series of essays and reviews from around the globe, representing
decades of study, is being presented for the first time in
collected form. A must-have for collectors, students, imitators,
and stalkers alike. "Satire has no effect-a mirror holds no fear
for those with no shame." Contributors include Steve Aylett, Eileen
Welsome, Arkhipov Halt, Daniel Guyal, Chris Diana, Alfred Bork,
Michael H. Hersh, George Cane, Dennis Ofstein, and Jean-Marie
Guerin.
Set in the blood-drenched chaos of Beerlight, "a blown circuit,
where to kill a man was less a murder than a mannerism," Dante
Cubit and his pill-popping sidekick, the Entropy Kid, waltz into
First National Bank with some serious attitude and a couple of snub
guns. Murderous, trigger-happy cops, led by the doughnut-chomping
redneck police chief, arrive in force, firing indiscriminately into
the crowd gathered outside. Surrender or capture is out of the
question. Dante's beloved, the murderous assassin Rosa Control ,
packing a not-so-small arsenal , prowls the streets, trying to
engineer her man's escape. Will Dante slip past the forces of
corruption and disorder to join his Rosa? What happens next is a
tangled mess of reality and virtual reality.
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