- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz (6 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575071095
- ISBN-13: 978-0575071094
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 867,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Short stories from one of the country's most exciting new writers; William Burroughs meets Raymond Chandler, Lewis Carroll and Kurt Vonnegut
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Featuring some stories set in Beerlight this is an awe-inspiring, mind scrambling collection of fiction from one of the UK's most exciting new writers. Aylett has been feted by Michael Moorcock, The Face, iD, The Standard, The Independent, The Guardian, SFX and Starburst. With these stories it is easy to see why. Steve Aylett's is a unique imagination. Features stories not included in the US edition.
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This review is from: Toxicology (Gollancz S.F.) (Paperback)
This anthology features 26 short stories, and is a great place to sample the mad world of Steve Aylett. From the story of a criminals who get too attached to their masks, to that of a man who tries to literally remove his stress by excising the offending brain matter only for it to grow into a rampaging monster, this is wild stuff. While the stories are very short they are incredibly dense with intricate wordplay and mind-bending imagery, while a strong sense of humour and a sharp satire at the expense of the police saturates the book. A heady read that can occasionally feel as though it's a little too intense, but as one of the characters within says: "Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader's senses" - well, this one will leave your head spinning.
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Collections are curates eggs,
This review is from: Toxicology: Stories (Paperback)
All story collections tend to vary in quality from tale to tale. No exception here. Some are good whilst others are distinctly lacklustre. Personal favourites for me included "Gigantic" which seethed with anger behind the imagery, and "If Neil Armstrong Was Interesting" very funny stuff. Aylett's writing is an acquired taste and if nothing else you can honestly say that nobody else writes like him.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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It will leave no impression...if you're a corpse!,
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This review is from: Toxicology: Stories (Paperback)
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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They leave no impression...only if you're a corpse!,
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This review is from: Toxicology: Stories (Paperback)
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.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A pioneer of slipstream fiction,
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This review is from: Toxicology: Stories (Paperback)
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.
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