Toxicology: Stories

by Steve Aylett

Some stories in this new collection take place in Beerlight, the city of heroic criminals and villainous cops Steve Aylett introduced in Slaughtermatic. Others are set in unique worlds, creations of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568581319
• ISBN13: 9781568581316
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A pioneer of slipstream fiction

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.

It will leave no impression...if you're a corpse!

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.

They leave no impression...only if you're a corpse!

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.