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Steve Aylett

January 01, 1970

Steve Aylett (born 1967 in Bromley, United Kingdom) is an English author of satirical science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream. According to the critic Bill Ectric, "much of Aylett’s work combines the bawdy, action-oriented style of Voltaire with the sedentary, faux cultivated style of Peacock."[1] Stylistically, Aylett is often seen as a difficult writer.[2][3] As the critic Robert Kiely suggests, his books tend to be "baroque in their density, speed, and finely crafted detail; they are overcrowded, they dazzle and distort and wait for us to catch up with their narrative world."[4]

Steve Aylett
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Bromley, England
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1994–
GenreSatirical science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream
Website
www.steveaylett.com

Although Aylett is best known for his novels, and for his transmedial metafiction Lint, he has also created comics, stand-up, performance, music, movies, and art, often working in appropriative and other avant-garde modes. Aylett is also one of the few UK authors associated with the largely US-based Bizarro literary movement.

Writing edit

Beerlight edit

Aylett's Beerlight series includes the novels The Crime Studio (1994), Slaughtermatic (1997), Atom (2000) and Novahead (2011), as well as shorter fiction such as "The Siri Gun" (1998) and "Shifa" (1999). The setting of these works has been described as a "cyber-noir vision of a near-future metropolis with a comic-book aesthetic"[5] and as "a crime-ridden urban-noir hell inhabited by a menagerie of grotesque, amoral characters and surreal, mind-bending technology."[6]

Stylistically, the Beerlight series "marries the cyberpunk vision of William Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy or Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, William S. Burroughs’ talent for utterly weird but comprehensible description, and the hardboiled stylings of Raymond Chandler or Elmore Leonard."[7] Aylett's Slaughtermatic is name checked in My Chemical Romance's "Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys," an album apparently inspired by the novel.

Accomplice edit

Only an Alligator (2001), The Velocity Gospel (2002), Dummyland (2002), and Karloff's Circus (2004) are set in Accomplice, a suburb on a tropical peninsula in a perhaps nuclear-blasted future, underneath which live demons; Aylett says he is in the tradition of "real satirists" such as Voltaire, Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain.[8] The four books are collected in The Complete Accomplice (2010).

Jeff Lint edit

Lint (2005) is a satirical, Zelig-like biography of an imaginary author. The book traces Jeff Lint's career through thinly disguised satires on a number of well-known writers from the late 20th century, including Philip K. Dick, Hunter S. Thompson and Ken Kesey. As Paul Di Filippo remarks, Jeff Lint's work is sometimes not dissimilar to Aylett's.[9] Jeff Lint is also a transmedial creation, incorporating a comic, The Caterer #3 (2008), purportedly written by Jeff Lint; a spoof Wikipedia page;[9] a spoof collection of academic essays on Lint's work, And Your Point Is? (2014); and a mockumentary Lint: The Movie (2011), which features reminisces by "[Alan] Moore, Stewart Lee, Robin Ince, Mikey Georgeson, Josie Long, D. Harlan Wilson, Bill [Ectric], and many others on Lint’s outrageous and irritating career."[10][11]

Comic books edit

Aylett has also written for comics, most notably the Jeff Lint title The Caterer (2008). Other projects include #27 of Tom Strong (2004), The Promissory for Arthur magazine’s "mimeo" line (2007), Get That Thing Away From Me (2014), and Johnny Viable, which appeared in Alan Moore's print magazine Dodgem Logic and was collected and expanded as the standalone Johnny Viable & His Terse Friends (2014). In 2021-22 Aylett's 3-part comic "Hyperthick" was published by Floating World Publishing; Alan Moore described it as "a new dimension of poetic genius" and Grant Morrison said "It's astonishing - like being riot-hosed with language, ideas and imagery!" In late 2022 Aylett produced the Aylett Tarot, and in 2023 another card deck called The Trickster Brick, which featured creativity prompts. Both were available through Etsy.

Awards edit

Slaughtermatic was shortlisted for the 1998 Philip K. Dick Award.[12] Aylett was the recipient of the 2006 Jack Trevor Story Award.[13]

Personal life edit

Aylett left school at the age of seventeen and worked in a book warehouse, and later in law publishing. A synesthete, Aylett claims to have books appear in his brain in one visual "glob" that looks like a piece of gum.[14] Aylett also has Asperger syndrome.[15]

Bibliography edit

Novels edit

  • The Crime Studio. Serif. 1994. ISBN 1897959125.
  • Bigot Hall. Serif. 1995. ISBN 1897959206.
  • Slaughtermatic. Four Walls Eight Windows. 1997. ISBN 1568581033.
  • The Inflateable Volunteer. Serif. 1999. ISBN 1861591233.
  • Atom. Four Walls Eight Windows. 2000. ISBN 1568581750.
  • Shamanspace. Codex. 2001. ISBN 1899598200.
  • Only an Alligator. Gollancz. 2001. ISBN 0575069066.
  • The Velocity Gospel. Gollancz. 2002. ISBN 0575070889.
  • Dummyland. Gollancz. 2002. ISBN 0575070870.
  • Karloff's Circus. Gollancz. 2004. ISBN 0575070897.
  • The Complete Accomplice. Scar Garden. 2010. ISBN 978-0-9565677-0-3.
  • Novahead. Serif. 2011. ISBN 978-0956567727.
  • Rebel at the End of Time. PS Publishing. 2011. ISBN 978-0956567741.
  • Fain the Sorcerer - 2012
  • Tao Te Jinx - 2023

Short fiction edit

Other works edit

  • Lint. Thunder's Mouth Press. 2005. ISBN 1560256842.
  • The Caterer. Spoof Pearl Comics reprint. 2008.
  • And Your Point Is?. Raw Dog Screaming Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1933293-28-8.
  • Johnny Viable and His Terse Friends. Floating World Comics. 2014.
  • Heart of the Original. Unbound. 2015. ISBN 978-1783520916.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Ectric, Bill (2016). "Uncanny Recognition". In Ectric, Bill; Wilson, D. Harlan (eds.). Steve Aylett: A Critical Anthology. Sein und Werden. ISBN 978-0692717271.
  2. ^ Brooke, Keith (30 October 2010). "The Complete Accomplice, by Steve Aylett – review". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Carter, Stuart (October 2002). "Review of Velocity Gospel". Infinity Plus.
  4. ^ Kiely, Robert (2016). "Speed, Originality and Déjà Vu in Bigot Hall". In Ectric, Bill; Wilson, D. Harlan (eds.). Steve Aylett: A Critical Anthology. Sein und Werden. ISBN 978-0692717271.
  5. ^ Brown, Tanya (January 2001). "Review of Atom". Vector 2015. BSFA.
  6. ^ Brownlow, Nick (August 2002). "Killing God: Alchemical Adventure and Pulp Metaphysics in Steve Aylett's Shamanspace/". Strange Horizons.
  7. ^ White, Corey (December 2008). "No Sleep 'til Beerlight: The Brilliant and Bizarre Science Fiction of Steve Aylett". Tor.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  8. ^ Kincaid, Paul; Harrison, Niall (2010). "British Science Fiction and Fantasy: Twenty Years, Two Surveys". BSFA.
  9. ^ a b "Hoax Wikipedia page archived at Snow Books".
  10. ^ "Quietus review of Lint the Movie". 20 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Lint the Movie". YouTube. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Worlds Without End: Philip K. Dick Award".
  13. ^ "2011 guest blog at Warren Ellis's official site".
  14. ^ Rick Klaw, "A Glob of Multicolored Chiming Vibrational Bubble Gum: An Interview with Steve Aylett" 2005-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, Fantastic Metropolis (19 February 2005)
  15. ^ Aylett, Steve. "About the Aylett". Steve Aylett. Retrieved 22 September 2022.[self-published source]

References edit

External links edit

  • Official website

Interviews edit

  • 2002 interview with 3:AM Magazine
  • 2004 interview with Roy Christopher
  • 2005 interview with Goaste
  • 2005 interview with FIEND
  • 2006 interview with FractalMatter
  • 2006 interview with BookSlut
  • 2008 interview[permanent dead link] with IncorporatingWriting
  • 2013 interview with Mookychick
  • 2016 interview with TriggerWarning

Music and Audio edit

  • Lint-inspired album by 7 Inch Stitch
  • Rocket To The Room by The Wesley Kern Gun

January 01, 1970
steve, aylett, born, 1967, bromley, united, kingdom, english, author, satirical, science, fiction, fantasy, slipstream, according, critic, bill, ectric, much, aylett, work, combines, bawdy, action, oriented, style, voltaire, with, sedentary, faux, cultivated, . Steve Aylett born 1967 in Bromley United Kingdom is an English author of satirical science fiction fantasy and slipstream According to the critic Bill Ectric much of Aylett s work combines the bawdy action oriented style of Voltaire with the sedentary faux cultivated style of Peacock 1 Stylistically Aylett is often seen as a difficult writer 2 3 As the critic Robert Kiely suggests his books tend to be baroque in their density speed and finely crafted detail they are overcrowded they dazzle and distort and wait for us to catch up with their narrative world 4 Steve AylettBorn1967 age 56 57 Bromley EnglandOccupationNovelistNationalityBritishPeriod1994 GenreSatirical science fiction fantasy and slipstreamWebsitewww wbr steveaylett wbr com Although Aylett is best known for his novels and for his transmedial metafiction Lint he has also created comics stand up performance music movies and art often working in appropriative and other avant garde modes Aylett is also one of the few UK authors associated with the largely US based Bizarro literary movement Contents 1 Writing 1 1 Beerlight 1 2 Accomplice 1 3 Jeff Lint 1 4 Comic books 2 Awards 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 4 1 Novels 4 2 Short fiction 4 3 Other works 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links 7 1 Interviews 7 2 Music and AudioWriting editBeerlight edit Aylett s Beerlight series includes the novels The Crime Studio 1994 Slaughtermatic 1997 Atom 2000 and Novahead 2011 as well as shorter fiction such as The Siri Gun 1998 and Shifa 1999 The setting of these works has been described as a cyber noir vision of a near future metropolis with a comic book aesthetic 5 and as a crime ridden urban noir hell inhabited by a menagerie of grotesque amoral characters and surreal mind bending technology 6 Stylistically the Beerlight series marries the cyberpunk vision of William Gibson s Sprawl trilogy or Neal Stephenson s Snow Crash William S Burroughs talent for utterly weird but comprehensible description and the hardboiled stylings of Raymond Chandler or Elmore Leonard 7 Aylett s Slaughtermatic is name checked in My Chemical Romance s Danger Days The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys an album apparently inspired by the novel Accomplice edit Only an Alligator 2001 The Velocity Gospel 2002 Dummyland 2002 and Karloff s Circus 2004 are set in Accomplice a suburb on a tropical peninsula in a perhaps nuclear blasted future underneath which live demons Aylett says he is in the tradition of real satirists such as Voltaire Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain 8 The four books are collected in The Complete Accomplice 2010 Jeff Lint edit Lint 2005 is a satirical Zelig like biography of an imaginary author The book traces Jeff Lint s career through thinly disguised satires on a number of well known writers from the late 20th century including Philip K Dick Hunter S Thompson and Ken Kesey As Paul Di Filippo remarks Jeff Lint s work is sometimes not dissimilar to Aylett s 9 Jeff Lint is also a transmedial creation incorporating a comic The Caterer 3 2008 purportedly written by Jeff Lint a spoof Wikipedia page 9 a spoof collection of academic essays on Lint s work And Your Point Is 2014 and a mockumentary Lint The Movie 2011 which features reminisces by Alan Moore Stewart Lee Robin Ince Mikey Georgeson Josie Long D Harlan Wilson Bill Ectric and many others on Lint s outrageous and irritating career 10 11 Comic books edit Aylett has also written for comics most notably the Jeff Lint title The Caterer 2008 Other projects include 27 of Tom Strong 2004 The Promissory for Arthur magazine s mimeo line 2007 Get That Thing Away From Me 2014 and Johnny Viable which appeared in Alan Moore s print magazine Dodgem Logic and was collected and expanded as the standalone Johnny Viable amp His Terse Friends 2014 In 2021 22 Aylett s 3 part comic Hyperthick was published by Floating World Publishing Alan Moore described it as a new dimension of poetic genius and Grant Morrison said It s astonishing like being riot hosed with language ideas and imagery In late 2022 Aylett produced the Aylett Tarot and in 2023 another card deck called The Trickster Brick which featured creativity prompts Both were available through Etsy Awards editSlaughtermatic was shortlisted for the 1998 Philip K Dick Award 12 Aylett was the recipient of the 2006 Jack Trevor Story Award 13 Personal life editAylett left school at the age of seventeen and worked in a book warehouse and later in law publishing A synesthete Aylett claims to have books appear in his brain in one visual glob that looks like a piece of gum 14 Aylett also has Asperger syndrome 15 Bibliography editNovels edit The Crime Studio Serif 1994 ISBN 1897959125 Bigot Hall Serif 1995 ISBN 1897959206 Slaughtermatic Four Walls Eight Windows 1997 ISBN 1568581033 The Inflateable Volunteer Serif 1999 ISBN 1861591233 Atom Four Walls Eight Windows 2000 ISBN 1568581750 Shamanspace Codex 2001 ISBN 1899598200 Only an Alligator Gollancz 2001 ISBN 0575069066 The Velocity Gospel Gollancz 2002 ISBN 0575070889 Dummyland Gollancz 2002 ISBN 0575070870 Karloff s Circus Gollancz 2004 ISBN 0575070897 The Complete Accomplice Scar Garden 2010 ISBN 978 0 9565677 0 3 Novahead Serif 2011 ISBN 978 0956567727 Rebel at the End of Time PS Publishing 2011 ISBN 978 0956567741 Fain the Sorcerer 2012 Tao Te Jinx 2023 Short fiction edit Toxicology Four Walls Eight Windows 1999 ISBN 1568581319 Toxicology expanded ed Gollancz 2001 ISBN 0575071095 Smithereens Scar Garden 2010 ISBN 978 0956567710 Other works edit Lint Thunder s Mouth Press 2005 ISBN 1560256842 The Caterer Spoof Pearl Comics reprint 2008 And Your Point Is Raw Dog Screaming Press 2014 ISBN 978 1933293 28 8 Johnny Viable and His Terse Friends Floating World Comics 2014 Heart of the Original Unbound 2015 ISBN 978 1783520916 Notes edit Ectric Bill 2016 Uncanny Recognition In Ectric Bill Wilson D Harlan eds Steve Aylett A Critical Anthology Sein und Werden ISBN 978 0692717271 Brooke Keith 30 October 2010 The Complete Accomplice by Steve Aylett review The Guardian Carter Stuart October 2002 Review of Velocity Gospel Infinity Plus Kiely Robert 2016 Speed Originality and Deja Vu in Bigot Hall In Ectric Bill Wilson D Harlan eds Steve Aylett A Critical Anthology Sein und Werden ISBN 978 0692717271 Brown Tanya January 2001 Review of Atom Vector 2015 BSFA Brownlow Nick August 2002 Killing God Alchemical Adventure and Pulp Metaphysics in Steve Aylett s Shamanspace Strange Horizons White Corey December 2008 No Sleep til Beerlight The Brilliant and Bizarre Science Fiction of Steve Aylett Tor com Retrieved 7 March 2018 Kincaid Paul Harrison Niall 2010 British Science Fiction and Fantasy Twenty Years Two Surveys BSFA a b Hoax Wikipedia page archived at Snow Books Quietus review of Lint the Movie 20 January 2013 Lint the Movie YouTube Archived from the original on 13 December 2021 Worlds Without End Philip K Dick Award 2011 guest blog at Warren Ellis s official site Rick Klaw A Glob of Multicolored Chiming Vibrational Bubble Gum An Interview with Steve Aylett Archived 2005 03 25 at the Wayback Machine Fantastic Metropolis 19 February 2005 Aylett Steve About the Aylett Steve Aylett Retrieved 22 September 2022 self published source References editSteve Aylett at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Steve Aylett at the Internet Book List Steve Aylett at the Grand Comics Database Steve Aylett at the Comic Book DB archived from the original External links editOfficial website Interviews edit 2002 interview with 3 AM Magazine 2004 interview with Roy Christopher 2005 interview with Goaste 2005 interview with FIEND 2006 interview with FractalMatter 2006 interview with BookSlut 2008 interview permanent dead link with IncorporatingWriting 2013 interview with Mookychick 2016 interview with TriggerWarning Music and Audio edit Lint inspired album by 7 Inch Stitch Rocket To The Room by The Wesley Kern Gun Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Steve Aylett amp oldid 1220564958, 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