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Jeff Noon

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Jeff Noon

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957 （Droylsden, Lancashire, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Manchester → Brighton

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Musician, Painter
Active Years
1986-2024
Influenced By
Lewis Carroll, Jorge Luis Borges

Awards

Arthur C. Clarke Award
1994
Work: Vurt
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Vurt

1993 Speculative fiction 384 pages

Scribble and his gang the Stash Riders search for his missing sister Desdemona. Vurt refers to a drug/shared alternate reality accessed by sucking on colour-coded feathers.

Reality and fantasyDrugsManchester

Pollen

1995 Speculative fiction

Sequel to Vurt, concerning the struggle between the real world and the vurtual world, with references to Greek mythology.

MythologyVirtual reality

Automated Alice

1996 Speculative fiction

A 'trequel' to Lewis Carroll's Alice books, following Alice in a future Manchester with Newmonians and Civil Serpents.

WordplayFuture cityHybrid beings

Nymphomation

1997 Speculative fiction

Prequel to Vurt, about a lottery in Manchester involving dominos and a group trying to crack its secrets.

LotteryMythology

Bibliography

  • Vurt
  • Pollen
  • Automated Alice
  • Nymphomation
  • Pixel Juice
  • Needle in the Groove
  • Cobralingus
  • Falling out of Cars
  • 217 Babel Street
  • Channel SK1N
  • A Man of Shadows
  • The Body Library
  • Creeping Jenny
  • Within Without
  • Gogmagog
  • Ludluda

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Word playFantasyExperimental style
Recurring Motifs
Alternate realitiesManchesterMusic and drugs

Legacy

Innovative speculative fiction writer known for winning the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Vurt. Influenced by Lewis Carroll and Borges, with a unique style featuring wordplay and fantasy.