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Summary: Awesome sci-fi/psychedelic novel of a not-so-distant future
Review: This terrific book is a must read. It deals with a type of drug known as "Vurt" It comes in the form of feathers that you put in your mouth. There are different colors with different subjects, some totally legal, some totally illegal and next-to-impossible to find. The story opens with a group of thrill-seeking Vurt takers, The "Stash Riders"
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!
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Summary: pure is poor
Review: Noon's debut in the cyberpunk scene is explosive with this surreal adventure into his mind. Noon takes alot of effort to
give his characters a soul and then toys with it. This is one of THE BEST books I have ever read and recommend it for any scifi / cyberpunk fans
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Summary: WARNING. YOU ARE NOW INSIDE A METAVURT.
Review: This is the single most excellent book I have read since the _Hitchhiker's Guide_. The book finds a hole between reality and fantasy and drives a rather large truck through it. Scribble is on an impossible mission to save his sister from Curious Yellow, a deadly Vurt feather. On the way, Noon introduces us to Scribble's friends and allies, along with a wide range of brutal, vicious enemies. Noon's inventiveness and ingenuity amazed me throughout this book, from the entire concept of the Vurt, to the painless end of a Mandel Bullet. If you read one sci-fi/fantasy/cyberpunk book this decade, read this one
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Summary: A trip for the brain without any drugs
Review: VURT is a fantasy book NOT for the timid. It takes you between reality and virtual reality without letting you know when
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Summary: A refreshing breakout from the usual cyberpunk formula
Review: _Vurt_ breaks the cyberpunk mold. The first-person, loose, almost
stream-of-consciousness style is a welcome contrast to more run-of-
the-mill cyberpunk writing. Noon refuses to explain the technology
he weaves into this novel. Instead, the effects of the almost
magical virtual-reality feathers on the people who populate
_Vurt's_ world take center stage. It's a more personal book than
the usual cyberpunk novel, and the characters and their
relationships are more three-dimensional. I recommend this book.
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Summary: Better than Gibson!!!
Review: If you like cyperpunk [Gibson, Stephenson] you will absolutley
love this book.
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Summary: It's the Vurt-U-Want
Review: Vurt is a wild ride across the dreamscape of the mind. An excellent first novel, that promises the reader both excitement
for this work and for future works by Mr. Noon.
The characters are fairly well developed, and the landscape both visual and surreal. The storyline involves a futuristic drug, a thing from outer space, a "gang" and a lost love.
The drug causes the usual societal problems, crime, sex, violence, and lack of respect for police. But it also leads the protaganist on a journey of learning, longing and metaphysical discovery. Not bad for a brightly colored feather and a bunch of Dog People, Robots, humans and various combinations of those.
While I wouldn't want to call it, like the book jacket does, the "Clockwork Orange of the '90's," it is a futuristic, rampaging youth, thriller that performs well.
I look forward to reading more from Mr. Noon.
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Summary: An intense spin-cycle tour of a future drug subculture!
Review: Vurt, by Jeff Noon, is destined to become a classic tale of youth, drugs, and sex. With powerful narratives, vivid characters, and lurid depictions of a fragmented and frightening future, Noon describes the subculture of feather-takers as an avenue for searching the deepest reaches of the human mind. He discovers a parallel world of Vurt. Destined to be a clasic of the science fiction genre, Vurt is a must-read for all
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Summary: Not Cyberpunk at its Best
Review: VURT is an average attempt at mimicking the style of the cyberpunk genre using a different set of reality obfuscating techniques. Instead of Cyberspace we have the world of VURT, which one enters via an hallucinogenic drug applied by sticking a feather on the back of the tongue. There really is very little new or innovative in VURT, other than the drug. After reading it, I had a "been there, done that" reaction. The prose style and dark vision of the future come right out of the cyberpunk genre (this prose style or dark world is not unique to cyberpunk either). The attempt at an existentialist obfuscation of reality is also similar to that of cyberpunk and again there is nothing particularly new or unique. Finally, the story itself is not all that compelling. Never does the reader really feel they know Desdemonia, the lover, whose loss and attempted recovery fuel the entire drama. Overall, a rather mediocre novel.
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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: Don't let these good reviews fool you, this book plain sux. The dialogue is moronic, the characters are totally inconsistent, and the plot is so disjointed at times I had to wonder if this was a collection of short stories. This book tries so hard to be hip and edgy, but fails in a very annoying way. If you like the Alice-in-wonderland vurt world theme then I recommend you pick up The Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson.
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