Pixel Juice réunit cinquante récits, cinquante fragments, où les genres et les styles s''entrecroisent, se pénètrent et se fécondent. Cinquante fictions, cinquante pilules d''une drogue métaphorique dont Jeff Noon garde le secret. On retrouve ou l''on découvre ici son univers flou, les rues d''un Manchester décalé, nostalgique ou futuriste, la musique, l''écriture, l''enfance cruelle, le monde du rêve. Et l''autre côté du miroir nous fixe intensément. Parfois en lien avec le Vurt, ou les blurbs de NymphoRmation, mosaïque d''une richesse enivrante, poésie de la vie, des nouvelles, des règles de jeu absurdes, des « dub remix », de quoi vous rendre accroc à Noon dès la première prise.
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Jeff Noon est un auteur culte, musicien, peintre et dramaturge, il a écrit sept romans et nouvelles à ce jour dont Vurt et Pollen parus en 2006 à La Volte. Obsédé par Alice au pays des merveilles, comparé à W. Gibson, il avoue ne pas lire de science-fiction. Il a été souvent associé à la génération "trash" anglaise de Irvine Welsh et John King. C’est dire combien il est inclassable. Traduction : Marie Surgers (née en 1978) avait traduit Pollen pour Jacques Chambon chez Flammarion mais le roman n''a pas vu le jour et le texte s''est perdu…jusqu''au jour où, fan de La Horde du Contrevent, Marie a rejoint les voltés. Elle avait juré de ne plus y toucher, à cet auteur amateur de jeux de sens et de mots valises, mais elle n''a pu résister. Elle est lectrice et traductrice aujourd''hui, notamment de la sf : Quatre chemins de pardon d''Ursula Le Guin chez l''Atalante ; deux nouvelles dans Utopiae 2006/ Atalante.
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Format:Hardcover
Pixel Juice is a collection of 50 short stories, all pulled screaming from the swirling psychadelicatessen that is Jeff Noon's brain. Actually, "stories" isn't right; certainly, some of them are straight narrative tales, but then there's the instruction booklet to "PIMP! - The Boardgame", (social satire disguised as a family game) or the memo titled "Product Recall: Marylin Monroe" (which combines futuristic sex toys with strange viruses). Noon uses just about every narrative construct under the sun: stream-of-conciousness, first-second-and-third person perspectives; poetry, prose, letters, journals - all are used by Noon to transcribe the apparently endless flood of ideas which collect in his brain.
Pixel Juice also rewards those who re-read the book; there are word games which ring a big smug smile to the face when they're figured out (see how quickly you decipher "Metaphorazine" or "Alphabox"). There are references between stories; the young lad in "Junior Pimp" mentions that pimping is just like a game - tying in to "PIMP! - The Boardgame". That story makes reference to "Fetish Booth #7" and the lead character of FB #7 is mentioned in several of the other tales. Things like this keep the reader darting back through the book and smiling every time they spot a connection. Heck, there's even a poem towards the end of the book which sums up the stories so far and takes the mick out of the author! Everywhere you turn, there's a surprise an a twist, from the almost conventional horror story to the dreamlike beginning and end tales.
And contrary to what some have said, prior knowledge of Noon's other work isn't entirely neccessary. Although there are some stories which are set firmly in the Vurt universe, it's pretty easy for the reader to catch up with what's happening.
Format:Hardcover
This book just blew me away. I think it is the most astounding piece of writing it has ever been my privilege to read. To be honest, I think that it probably benefits from reading a bit of Noon's stuff previously, as it gives you some background information on characters that you have met already, which is always nice. But it does so much more than that. The way that at the end of a story, he might tell the whole thing again, but in haiku, is just an example of his wordplay, with a word used as much for it's rhythm and feel as for it's actual definition.
I hate short stories. Can't abide them, even by my favourite authors. They are normally so uninvolving, only trying to shock you, because it's the easiest emotion to inspire. Not so with this. I can't extol the virtues of this book enough. Read this book or die.
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Format:Hardcover
I love what Noon does with words - dub haiku remixes and all that. This book is an really interesting view into his world - you can see the ideas germinating on every page.
If you haven't read any of Noon's work try his novel's first to see if you like his style - it's brilliantly unique.
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Spaceache and heartships!
The first half of the book contains some very short stories. So short that they are almost experiments with words - not to everyones taste but fans of Vurt and Pollen will get a... Read more
Published on April 21 1999
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Read Me Said The Label
Anyone familiar with vurt, pollen etc. won't be diappointed by pixel juice. Not really a selection of short stories, more a set of fragmented, interleaved novels, this book is is a... Read more
Published on April 20 1999
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