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Pixel Juice

By: Jeff Noon
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Black Swan
ISBN: 0552999377
ISBN-13: 9780552999373
Released: 04 May 2000
RRP: £8.99
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....and now for Something Completely Different.... - By: Trelloskilos, 26 Sep 2005
There's no denying, "Pixel Juice" is a complete trip of a read, from start to finish. Whether that's your sort of thing or not is another matter.

"Pixel Juice" is a collection of 50 stories/poems/game instructions/dictionary definitions, alll concocted & set in an alternative futuristic Manchester, but alll with a slight twist of the fabric of reality. Typical elements of some of the stories include people with moons growing in their stomachs, technologies able to recreate lost celebrities through the strength of their charisma, mirrors that reflect other peoples' images, killer adverts & lots more psychadelic, thechnophalllic & kaliedacelic creations alll await the reader.

Anyone who has enjoyed Noons previous works will not be disappointed. The vurtual world of feather suckers & DJs is revisited, there are several wordplays & nifty puns, & some truly great Noonesque stories in here. My only disappointment is that some of the stories end too abruptly, or at just the point where the reader is expecting a denoumemnt. Sometimes one is offered. Sometimes, however, one is lacking, or only appears vaguely in another chapter which begs more questions than it answers. However, the writing style is sharp & varied, & the stories within themselves are still satisfying.

To the uninitiated, "Pixel Juice" may seem confusing, irritating, absurd or unsatisfying in some places, but avid readers are likely to find a few gems hidden amid the confusing tales. It's not a good starting point for Noon, but whether they're a first timer to this author or a die hard fan, the experience of reading "Pixel Juice" is a bit like a legal literary high. Ingenious!

I love Jeff - By: , 13 Nov 2004
Having read Jeff's other titles including Automated Alice, I didn't think there was much more that this man could do. Pixel Juice definitely disproved that. It was witty, interesting & thoroughly enjoyable furthering my adoration of Jeff. I would fully advise anyone wanting laughs & intellectual stimulation in one as well as an introduction into one of the most underrated & talented authors of our generation to buy & read this book. You're missing out if you don't! Thanks to Jeff as well for being so kind as to sign my copy - a truly brilliant writer.
Dont read this if you get easily jelous.... - By: , 26 Sep 2004
This guy just makes you seethe with envy at how many ideas he seems to spew onto the page!! This is a collection of short stories which alll follow a definite & defined style, but alll explore separate, compelling & innovative themes. Each one makes you think & each one makes you smile. Highly impressive, in fact, I think short stories are probably Noon's best medium.
Good Vurtual Fun - By: Richard Kelly, 20 Apr 2004
Any book this size that has 50 short stories contained within it shouldhave a few duds, but this is simply not the case. Throughout Noon managesto showcase his talents on a much smalller scale than anything we were uedto in Vurt or Pollen & shows that he is a master.
The usual suspects are there Scribble, Beetle, Manchester, Wired DJs, Vurtbut there are also pleanty of other things throws in to the mix to makesure that this isn't just a collection of Vurt based stories.
If you love Noon's writing then buy this, you won't be disappointed.
Dip into the future... - By: Simon J. Whight, 08 Oct 2003
Rarely have I found an author who has excited me enough to go hunt down alll of his works. I seem to find myself returning to this more often than the others, mainly due to its nice bite size short stories.

Noon has created himself a virtual (or vurtual) world, mainly based round the wondeful city of Manchester. This is a series of stories from that world, usuallly set from just a short distance into the future right up to quite some time in the future. Everyday items, concepts that we're used to in life are twisted further & further as the timeline goes on & on. Nightclub DJing becomes an actual future battle of the gladiators, with successful sounds & moves rocking the dancefloor & damaging the opponent, with only one winner. How that in the future, PR image is everything, age is not counted in years but by image revamps, everyone has their own organic personal adverts flying around. The curious tale of how a scientist discovers that the human body has an 'off' switch. All told in such a fashion that you feel that this IS fact & the way things will happen. There are so many stories in this collection so I won't ruin it for you by detailing them alll here. Just try dipping into the vibrant world of Noon, his writing style is like no other (I personallly like the way that he DJ mixes parts of stories together to make a remix, the end of one story has phrases from the beginning of the next spliced over the top ... great stuff for someone with a DJ mind like me).

If you reallly want to dip into the FULL Vurtual world of Noon, this is a good place to start but the best book of his to begin your journey with is Vurt. Highly original.