Jeff Noon ist ein Romanautor, Kurzgeschichtenautor und Dramatiker, dessen Werke ausgiebig Wortspiele und Fantasie einsetzen. Er studierte Kunst und Drama und wurde später Hausautor an einem großen Theater, verließ dieses jedoch bald, vielleicht weil der inhärente Realismus für die von ihm erdachten fantastischen Welten ungeeignet war. Inspiriert von der Anregung eines Kollegen, während er in einem Buchladen arbeitete, wurde sein Debütroman zu einem Meilenstein der britischen Science-Fiction. Noon integriert technologische Entwicklungen nahtlos in Welten voller Magie und Fantasie und schöpft mehr Inspiration aus Musik und amerikanischen Comic-Helden als aus anderen Romanautoren; er schreibt oft zu Musik.
The final installment of a captivating two-book series showcases the imaginative storytelling of acclaimed authors Jeff Noon and Steve Beard. Readers can expect intricate world-building, compelling characters, and thought-provoking themes that challenge perceptions. This conclusion promises to tie together the narrative threads established in the earlier book, delivering a satisfying resolution that celebrates the authors' unique voices and creativity.
From the highly celebrated and award-winning authors Jeff Noon and Steve Beard comes Gogmagog, the first book in adventurous seafaring duology, perfect for fans of Mervyn Peake.
From true weird fiction visionary Jeff Noon comes the fourth book in this Philip K. Dick Award-nominated mystery series.
And all featuring a rip across the stomach, smeared in blood. As the investigation continues and the body count rises, Hobbes must also deal with the disappearance of his son, the break-up of his family and a growing sense that something horrific happened in the Graves' household.
From the Philip K Dick Award Shortlisted-author, comes the third Nyquist Mystery...
'Noon's storytelling is assured and compelling ... it's a belter' Guardian ‘Constantly surprising’ Spectator A viciously occult murder. A curious clue left on the body. The soundtrack to the murder still playing... It is 1981 and Detective Inspector Henry Hobbes is still reeling in the aftermath of the fire and fury of the Brixton riots. The battle lines of society - and the police force - are being redrawn on a daily basis. With the certainties of his life already sorely tested, a brutal murder will shake his beliefs to their very core once more. The manner of the death and its staged circumstances pose many questions to which there are no obvious answers. To track the murderer, Hobbes must cross boundaries into a subculture hidden beneath the everyday world he thought he knew. His investigation takes him into a twisted reality, which is both seductive and devastating, and asks him the one question he has been dreading: How far will he go in pursuit of the truth? Jeff Noon is the author of six acclaimed novels, Vurt, Pollen, Automated Alice, Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove and Falling Out of Cars, as well as two collections of short fictions, and is also the crime fiction reviewer for The Spectator. He lives in Brighton.
Jeff Noon returns with a staggering hallucinogenic sequel to A Man of Shadows, taking hapless investigator John Nyquist into a city where reality is contaminated by the imagination of its citizens In a city dissolving into an infected sprawl of ideas, where words come to life and reality is contaminated by stories, John Nyquist wakes up in a room with a dead body… The dead man’s impossible whispers plunge him into a murder investigation like no other. Clues point him deeper into an unfolding story infesting its participants as reality blurs between place and genre. Only one man can hope to put it all back together into some kind of order, enough that lives can be saved… That man is Nyquist, and he is lost. File Under: Science Fiction
Zajrzyj do głowy obcego człowieka. Przejdź się skąpanymi w deszczu ulicami wraz z ekipą malkontentów naszprycowanych najsilniejszym narkotykiem, jaki można sobie wyobrazić. Tyle że piórka Wurta nie są zabawką dla mięczaków. Jak powiada tajemniczy Kot Gracz: „Bądź ostrożny, bardzo ostrożny”. Lecz Skryba go nie słucha. Chce odszukać utraconą miłość. Wyrusza na poszukiwania Żółci – najsłynniejszego, może wręcz mitycznego piórka. Skoro zaś ma do czynienia z najsilniejszym narkotykiem na świecie, musi być przygotowany na porzucenie rzeczywistości, w której żył dotychczas. “Wurt” nie stracił nic ze swojej oryginalności i siły oddziaływania… Kiedy cały świat jest na prochach, jego obraz nie może nie być dystopijny, ale dzięki prawdziwym ludzkim uczuciom nie traci realizmu i wyróżnia się autentycznym pięknem, jak tęcza odbita w kałuży ropy… „Wurt” był lekturą obowiązkową w 1993 roku i pozostał nią w 2013. Rocznicowa edycja „Wurta”, ukazująca się po dwudziestu latach od pierwszej publikacji, została uzupełniona o trzy cudowne nowe opowiadania osadzone w niewiarygodnym świecie Wurta.
A novel about a journey through England that becomes increasingly eerie and surreal with each passing day.
After years of playing in two-bit bands, Elliot gets his big chance - he meets a singer, a DJ and a drummer who seem to have everything. But just as their first dance record is climbing the charts, one of the band disappears.