From the Publisher
“Jeff Noon’s Vurt is one of the most beautiful speculative fiction works of the past several decades. Andrew Wenaus’ new book does justice to Vurt in its full mind-blowing complexity, tracing out how the novel offers us new ways to think and to feel.” (Steven Shaviro, DeRoy Professor of English, Wayne State University)
“Jeff Noon’s
Vurt appeared from nowhere and suddenly
everyone in the British sf community seemed to be reading it – and the novel also enthused and excited North American and Australian audiences too. A very local novel was a global cult. Wenaus’ authoritative account reminds me why we got so excited.” (Andrew M. Butler, Chair of Judges, Arthur C. Clarke Award)
“For thirty years, Vurt has stood tall as a startling, enigmatic work of science fiction. Now, Andrew C. Wenaus pays tribute, exploring this fractal vision through an array of unique angles. Opening new portals into Vurt’s alternate realities, Wenaus celebrates Noon’s talent with an engaging analytical style that draws energy from its subject matter.” (Simon Sellars, author of Applied Ballardianism: Memoir from a Parallel Universe)
“There has long been a need for a primer on Jeff Noon’s Vurt. I can’t think of a better person to write it than Andrew C. Wenaus. He has been a close follower of Noon’s work over the years, has developed a good relationship with the author and offers an ingenious interpretation of the novel based on Italian autonomist Franco Berardi’s theory of chaotic subjectivism.” (Steve Beard, author of Digital Leatherette)
“Andrew C. Wenaus takes us through the Orphic portal of Vurt, Jeff Noon’s post-cyberpunk novel, a rhizome where reality is not so much found as invented. If J.G. Ballard said we’re all trapped in the erotic jungle of a deadly techno-mediascape, then Wenaus like a deep diver plunges us into the re-mix lairs of Noon’s visionary mind where reality is rewritten in black code.” (S.C. Hickman, author of Social Ecologies)
