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K.W. Jeter crossbreeds "cyberpunk" SF with visceral horror--as in his early Dr Adder which was written in 1972 before cyberpunk emerged, praised by Philip K. Dick, and too over-the-top to be published until 1984. Noir is distantly linked to Dr Adder, but stands alone. A dark novel of corporate tyranny, layered betrayals, bad sex and literal hell on earth, it has an icy glitter of wit too black to be funny. Copyright-breaking is the ultimate crime: violators suffer eternal punishment, with their brain-matter plumbed into domestic appliances. Death is, likewise, no release for the debt-ridden as they are mechanically reanimated to work off financial obligations. Homeless folk have sheltering carapaces welded to their flesh so they can curl up like woodlice in the street. Antihero McNihil, a kind of private eye with retinas rewired to show reality as a period black-and-white movie rather than the world's actual ugliness, is coerced by the monstrous DynaZauber corporation into undertaking a heavily booby-trapped investigation. McNihil can't beat the system, but has an escape plan too nightmarish for sane contemplation... Complex, confusing and sometimes nauseating, Noir explains some aspects of its ghastly future in detail while others remain obscure; newcomers to SF will find it difficult. But it's undeniably powerful.--David Langford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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McNihil's world is a dark one, not for the unwary or easily disturbed. There are cases he would really rather not get involved with. Particularly when the corporation are overly interested in the death of just one more flunky. And when he suspects that what lies behind the dead man's eyes is watching him too closely. Travelt, the dead man, was playing games outside school - using company equipment for unauthorised purposes - and the man who paid for it isn't happy. He wants McNihil to look into Travelt's last hours, make sure it doesn't happen again and he won't take no for an answer. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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K.W. Jeter crossbreeds "cyberpunk" SF with visceral horror--as in his early Dr Adder which was written in 1972 before cyberpunk emerged, praised by Philip K. Dick, and too over-the-top to be published until 1984. Noir is distantly linked to Dr Adder, but stands alone. A dark novel of corporate tyranny, layered betrayals, bad sex and literal hell on earth, it has an icy glitter of wit too black to be funny. Copyright-breaking is the ultimate crime: violators suffer eternal punishment, with their brain-matter plumbed into domestic appliances. Death is, likewise, no release for the debt-ridden as they are mechanically reanimated to work off financial obligations. Homeless folk have sheltering carapaces welded to their flesh so they can curl up like woodlice in the street. Antihero McNihil, a kind of private eye with retinas rewired to show reality as a period black-and-white movie rather than the world's actual ugliness, is coerced by the monstrous DynaZauber corporation into undertaking a heavily booby-trapped investigation. McNihil can't beat the system, but has an escape plan too nightmarish for sane contemplation... Complex, confusing and sometimes nauseating, Noir explains some aspects of its ghastly future in detail while others remain obscure; newcomers to SF will find it difficult. But it's undeniably powerful.--David Langford --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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McNihil's world is a dark one, not for the unwary or easily disturbed. There are cases he would really rather not get involved with. Particularly when the corporation are overly interested in the death of just one more flunky. And when he suspects that what lies behind the dead man's eyes is watching him too closely. Travelt, the dead man, was playing games outside school - using company equipment for unauthorised purposes - and the man who paid for it isn't happy. He wants McNihil to look into Travelt's last hours, make sure it doesn't happen again and he won't take no for an answer. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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