By Steve Aylett
ISBN-10: 1909150371
ISBN-13: 9781909150379
Smithereens gathers 19 tales of misfortune, insanity and illness, together with 'The guy Whose Head Expanded', set in an international the place it truly is 'undisputed' that 'if you tape the typical man's mouth close he'll lie via his nose'. Heads are not any longer stylish and are as a substitute encased in 'headgloves', which end up to have bad results, as Brank realises whilst sooner or later his head expands exponentially ... that's, till a educate shoots up his nose.
Meet 'Download Syndrome': 'Symptoms: 1. consistent speaking with relief of mobile phones and electronic mail; 2. near-zero reminiscence retention; three. dead-stare; four. blithely convinced attitude.' Aylett issues the finger and asks, 'when nearly all of the area inhabitants suffers an analogous , does it develop into the "new normal"?'
'The Burnished Adventures of harm Mouse', the whole textual content of 'Voyage of the Iguana', the final ever Beerlight tale, 'Specter's Way', 'Horoscope' and the nearest factor Aylett has ever written to a standard science-fiction tale, 'Bossanova' (featuring a robotic and spaceships) are among the stories from past any life you could in all probability imagine.
Smithereens is Aylett's newest assortment, one during which he outstrips his recognition – 'He has made a occupation out of redefining the limits of technological know-how fiction – and sanity.' (Barnes & Noble highlight Feature).
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