( Automated Alice connects the series to the fictional world of Lewis Carroll), serving as a 'trequel' to Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass ) Noon's first four novels, which share ongoing characters and settings, are commonly referred to as the 'Vurt series' (after the first novel).Īlthough the fictional chronology leads from Automated Alice to Nymphomation to Vurt to Pollen, the books were originally published as Vurt (1993), Pollen (1995), Automated Alice (1996), and Nymphomation (1997). Prior to his relocation in 2000 to Brighton, Noon set most of his stories in some version of his native city of Manchester. Noon's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such as Lewis Carroll and Jorge Luis Borges. Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician, painter Also, please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter can also email us directly at with queries, comments or whatever comes to mind. SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz He has written many books since then, each one exploring the ever-changing borderzone between genre fiction and the avant-garde.įind Jeff on Twitter, Amazon and Audible, as well as his personal website. His first novel, Vurt, was published in 1993 and went on to win the Arthur C. He was trained in the visual arts, and was musically active on the punk scene before starting to write plays for the theatre. Jeff Noon is the award winning author of The Nyquist Mysteries series, including A Man of Shadows, The Body Library, Creeping Jenny and Within Without, the Vurt series and more. Gibson and award winning author Jeff Noon for a chat about theater, the Manchester punk and rave scene, surrealism and genre-bending, psychedelics and drugs, cyberpunk, The Nyquist Mysteries series and much more.
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