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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.
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I'm consistently disappointed by the lack of attention given to Aylett's work, especially his Beerlight series, of which, as I understand it, NOVAHEAD is the last installment. Developed most effectively in ATOM and the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated SLAUGHTERMATIC, NOVAHEAD evolves the Beerlight aesthetic to new and weird literary heights. If ever an author attempted to leave postmodernism in the dust, or at least innovatively tweak the postmodern modality, Aylett is an untouchable touchstone. Every sentence in this novel - in some cases, every word - is an intricate mountain god waiting for the right sort of readership to decode it - and to revel in the process of decoding it. Aylett is truly singular in the contemporary matrix of literature - in mainstream circles, of course, but even in subcultural circles. At the same time, anybody, readers and writers in equal measure, would profit from a healthy exposure to his extrapolation of reality and lyrical waxing of language and meaning. There is NOBODY like Aylett, and NOVAHEAD is the culmination of his vision. In the absence of this book, you are neither a reader or a writer. You are, simply, there, dangling on the shorthairs of a goatee.
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I can't believe I only just discovered Steve Aylett. His writing is simply gobsmacking. I'm going to have to read everything by him now :-)
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I'm very sad that if the blurb is to be believed, this is the last Beerlight story. I'd love to read more about The Fadlands and The Brotherhood.
Still, it's a gem of a novel, a lovely bizzaro noir-pastiche. I'd recommend reading "Atom" first, but it's hardly essential. As with any Aylett, it crams in a lot of language, weird epigrams and a few laughs. I only rated it 4 stars because I'm incredibly harsh and I wanted more Blince, I do recommend this book.
Still, it's a gem of a novel, a lovely bizzaro noir-pastiche. I'd recommend reading "Atom" first, but it's hardly essential. As with any Aylett, it crams in a lot of language, weird epigrams and a few laughs. I only rated it 4 stars because I'm incredibly harsh and I wanted more Blince, I do recommend this book.
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