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Summary: Vurt
Review: I have to admit, I am not a very big fan of science fiction.But this book, totally open my eyes to another world! ...The only bad thing about this book is that at sometimes, its hard to understand whats going on. And I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to read things, over, and over, again until I know what it means. But to shorten things. Jeff Noon created a "virtual wonderland" acording to The New York Times. He really has done an amazing job of it too. So all you people who hate sciene fiction. You should really check this book out, it will change your mind of the what your impresion is of science fiction.
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Summary: Excellent, Interesting novel
Review: This is a great, surreal novel of a future where people use feathers to enter others' dreams; a very captivating book and I recommend it to anyone who likes novels that are just a little different from the mainstream. Once you read this one, you'll love jeff noon and want to read the rest in the series!
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Summary: I keep coming back to it...
Review: I first read this book in '95... One of the best books I've ever read. It is really more fantasy than science fiction. It's original, but has many mythological elements (think Orpheus in the Underworld). Literary/Musical references abound. This book was gripping; I had a hard time putting it down after the first 50 or so pages. I love Noon's Carroll-esque writing style and wordplay... This book will not please everyone though. If you are looking for true cyberpunk or science fiction, I would suggest looking elsewhere. If you are looking for a funny, disturbing, modern myth then this is the book for you.
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Summary: Easily one of the best Cyber-Sci-Fi Books of all Time.
Review: I chanced upon this book and read the first page to see if I'd like it. I COULDN'T put it down! I actually forgot I was in the store. This is an amazing book, a must have for the fans of Ray Bradbury, Vonnegut, and Orwell. The plot is refreshingly original, unlike anything I've ever experienced. Trust me guys, this is one ride you do not want to miss!
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Summary: A young man on a quest...
Review: With Vurt Jeff Noon tells the tail of a young man on a quest to regain someone he has lost. In a world where fantasys are only a feather away, Scribble trys to find a way back to Desdamona. Noon tells the tale with his usually post-cyber/bio-enhanced lunacy. Strange creatures and stranger relationships provide an imaginive playground for strange thoughts. Recommmended for those that like something a little out of line of the oldschool technobabblings.
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Summary: This is it!
Review: The book I longed for, the book that makes me complete. I read this when it first came out and many times since. It is the book that I can pick up at anytime and read a little and feel challenged and excited and insanely pleased. The fact that it has remained my favorite for years with no close challengers has prompted me to finally step up and write a review. If you are looking for a book that is completely different and if you aren't frightened by strange, futuristic, seedy, dirty, lovely thoughts read it and enjoy! :)
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Summary: A Titillating Cyberthriller
Review: Jeff Noon's Vurt is a semi-formulaic futuristic thriller in the now extant genre termed cyberpunk. Those of you over 40 may recognize this as a psychedelic,chartreuse and flame orange colored, dreadlocked, street talkin' version of what we used to call science fiction. Which is not to say that it is all bad. In fact, the stuff has got hold of me like crack cocaine. I started with William Gibson and now I can't put the stuff down. I went to the bookstore the other day fully intending to buy Anne Tyler's new novel, and I walked out with Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon instead. OK, it's genre, still anyone who misspent their youth in the idle pursuit of sensation will instantly recognize the kernel of truth in Noon's characters. They're twenty something adolescent-adults obsessed with what is entirely appropriate to that age: sex, drugs, and idealistic rebellion. This book isn't for the squeamish; Noon crosses boundaries in the imagination that most writers won't even draw near, at the same time luring the reader deeper and deeper into a strange mutation of the present while slowly peeling away the layers of disbelief until you find yourself completely suspended in this incredible but suddenly plausible world. Worth the read, though you'll never feel quite the same way about your dog again.
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Summary: A perfect depiction of the Drug Controlled world
Review: Jeff Noon is by far one of the greatest authors of our time... He can capture the basic human emotion in characters that are far from human.. I would recommend him to anyone.
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Summary: Interesting stuff, but nothing brilliant
Review: This is pretty familiar ground for cyberpunk enthusiasts, seen through a different character, with a little mixed-up Orpheus myth tossed in and with the science not quite so well explained. As near as I can figure out, the "Vurt" is a nanotechnological drug. Read the book, what I say will make more sense. It's interesting, certainly, but there's really not much of a point to it other than having fun, being a good ride. I plowed through 220 pages of this waiting for an on a train, that's how fast it can go. It is a fun read, but it doesn't really tell us anything, nothing like Gibson's future near-noir or Stephenson's hysterical glancing at humanity. A book for the beach, I enjoyed it.
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Summary: This book is only for some (Glorious for some)
Review: Please don't read Vurt if you are a sub-culture literature snob. And don't read it if you are a Sci-Fi elitist. And if you like to intellectualize the merit of a work against the established canon (even if that canon is considered cultish or underground or whatever) or critique it within a particular lineage, please stay clear of this book. I can see why this book is not for all. I can even relate with the negative reviews it has been receiving on this web site. If I were to remove myself from the emotional and the more intuitive responses this novel evokes in me, I too might label it drug-obsessed and not the most original; or the writing style somewhat pretentious and over-the-top. But, whether because I stem from a culture of electronic music, psychedelic drugs, and crusty fashion or because I tend to romanticize everything in life to death, this book has captured and moved me deeply. So please, read this book if you too are a dreamer, like me. And read it if you've ever found yourself looking over that field of shattered glass, like an illusion gleaming, hiding the scum and the stench of Anytown-Bottletown, hoping for something better. Searching for a reality more satisfying than this, because you've always known this world is not your own. Linking the hunger with sexual love then discovering (in letting it go) that the insatiability goes far beyond. It's about escape. This book is a momentary escape.
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