Toxicology. [Import] [Hardcover]

Steve AYLETT (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd London, United Kingdom (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0575071095
• ISBN-13: 978-0575071094
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,186,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It will leave no impression...if you're a corpse!, April 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Toxicology: Stories (Paperback)

True, if you're looking for Isaac Asimov, this won't be your bag. But if you're openminded... Aylett is a raucous, un-pigeonholeable wildman whose work is amazingly funny. An in-your-face series of rants and bizarre fantasies. I don't see how anyone can read "If Armstrong Was Interesting" without laughing out loud: I read a passage to some friends on the street and we could barely walk we laughed so hard.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They leave no impression...only if you're a corpse!, April 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Toxicology: Stories (Paperback)

True, if you're looking for Isaac Asimov, this won't be your bag. But if you're openminded...Aylett is a raucous, un-pigeonholeable wildman whose work is amazingly funny. An in-your-face series of rants and bizarre fantasies. I don't see how anyone can read "If Armstrong Was Interesting" without laughing out loud: I read a passage to some friends on the street and we could barely walk we laughed so hard.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pioneer of slipstream fiction, May 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Toxicology: Stories (Paperback)

Aylett encounters the same obstacles a Burroughs or Ballard did: if you're pushing the envelope, you're bound to confound dullards.... I guarantee you've never read work like this: and if you don't prejudge it, you WILL find it hilarious. Evelyn Waugh for the 21st century. A souped-up Bruce Sterling. Yum. Worth a few bucks for the ride.