Jeff Noon has been described, according to Sean Coughlan in a 6 May 2000 interview in The Times (London), as a "cyberpunk, an acid-house novelist, a cult science fiction writer, rave author, and, at d...
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[In the excerpt below, Barrett relates the plot of Vurt, praising it as "an astonishing novel in story, style and emotion."]
[In Jeff Noon's Vurt] Vurt is a type of virtual rea...
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[In the following review, Letson offers a mixed assessment of Vurt, arguing that the novel's disparate generic elements do not cohere.]
I know I'm in for trouble when I'm able ...
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[In the review below, Miller lauds Noon's use of language in Vurt.]
[In Jeff Noon's Clarke Award-winner Vurt, we're] amongst the Stash Riders, a bunch of druggy kids on the dol...
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[In the following highly favorable review, Gehr offers a stylistic and thematic discussion of Vurt.]
Right away I found myself describing Vurt to interested parties as—ahem—"th...
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[In the following positive assessment of Vurt, Powers argues that the novel breaks new ground in the genre of "cyberpunk" fiction and praises Noon's pacing, "visual style,&...
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[An American editor, author of books for children, and educator, De Haven has written several fantasy novels and was instrumental in adapting William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer into a grap...
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[In the review below, Espen offers a negative assessment of Vurt.]
Virtual reality, true to its name, continues to recede into the brave new digital future. Except for a few tacky theme-park versio...
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Jeff Noon
Vurt
