A review by ghostrachel
Vurt by Jeff Noon

4.0

I had originally listened to this book on tape in the late 90's and remember really enjoying it, so I thought I'd see how it held up now. This is more cyber-acid than cyberpunk but you can definitely see the influence of Gibson and Stephenson here. I really enjoy the visual nature of the writing. This book is very much a series of alternate realities via acid trip-like descriptions. I didn't like the way he relied on the normalcy of a few sexual taboos to take you to a different world, I don't even remember that from my earlier go-through of the book. Maybe as a 19/20 year old I thought it was badass that Jeff Noon was so "liberated" and taking a page from the Marquis. However as a much more well-adjusted 30-something, it took me out of the story. I don't think the end is as good as the rest of the book, but I still think this book is a worthy inclusion to the cyberpunk canon.