Toxicology (Gollancz SF)
Some stories in this new collection take place in Beerlight, the city of heroic criminals and villainous cops Steve Aylett introduced in Slaughtermatic. Others are set in unique worlds, creations of Aylett's twisted vision and sardonic sense of humor. "If Armstrong Was Interesting" is a series of scenarios imagining how the American hero might have jazzed up his voyage to the moon. In "Gigantic," corpses rain from the sky as payback for the massacres of our century.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1568581319
ISBN13:9781568581316
Release Date:October 1999
Publisher:Thunder's Mouth Press
Length:140 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
A pioneer of slipstream fiction
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Aylett encounters the same obstacles a Burroughs or Ballard did: if you're pushing the envelope, you're bound to confound dullards.... I guarantee you've never read work like this: and if you don't prejudge it, you WILL find it hilarious. Evelyn Waugh for the 21st century. A souped-up Bruce Sterling. Yum. Worth a few bucks for the ride.
It will leave no impression...if you're a corpse!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
True, if you're looking for Isaac Asimov, this won't be your bag. But if you're openminded... Aylett is a raucous, un-pigeonholeable wildman whose work is amazingly funny. An in-your-face series of rants and bizarre fantasies. I don't see how anyone can read "If Armstrong Was Interesting" without laughing out loud: I read a passage to some friends on the street and we could barely walk we laughed so hard.
They leave no impression...only if you're a corpse!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
True, if you're looking for Isaac Asimov, this won't be your bag. But if you're openminded...Aylett is a raucous, un-pigeonholeable wildman whose work is amazingly funny. An in-your-face series of rants and bizarre fantasies. I don't see how anyone can read "If Armstrong Was Interesting" without laughing out loud: I read a passage to some friends on the street and we could barely walk we laughed so hard.
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