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Full blurb:
Jeff Lint was author of some of the strangest and most inventive satirical SF of the twentieth century. He transcended genre in classics such as Jelly Result and The Stupid Conversation, becoming a cult figure and pariah. Like his contemporary Philip K. Dick, he was blithely ahead of his time. Aylett follows Lint through his Beat days; his immersion in pulp SF, psychedelia and resentment; his disastrous scripts for Star Trek and Patton; the controversies of The Caterer comic and the scariest kids' cartoon ever aired; and his belated Hollywood success in the 1990s. It was a career haunted by death, including the undetected death of his agent, the suspicious death of his rival Herzog, and the unshakable 'Lint is dead' rumours, which persisted even after his death.
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First page first lines:
The Burst Sofa of Pulp
Pulp science fiction author Jeff Lint has loomed large as an influence on my own work since I found a scarred copy of I Blame Ferns in a Charing Cross basement, an apparently baffled chef staring from the cover. After that I hunted down all the Lint stuff I could find and became a connoisseur of the subtly varying blank stares of booksellers throughout the world.
Born in Chicago in 1928, Jeff (or Jack) Lint submitted his first story to the pulps during a childhood spent in Sante Fe. His first published effort appeared in a wartime edition of Amazing Stories because he submitted it under the name 'Isaac Asimov.'
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Category: Novel
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Author: Steve Aylett
Steve Aylett was born in Bromley, England. He left school at 17 and worked in a book warehouse, and later in law publishing, where he invented the concept of 'fractal litigation', whereby the flapping of a butterfly's wings on one side of the world results in a massive compensation claim on the other. His first book The Crime Studio was generally regarded as a cry for help. This was followed by Bigot Hall, Slaughtermatic, The Inflatable Volunteer, Toxicology, Atom, Shamanspace, Only an Alligator, The Velocity Gospel, Dummyland, Karloff's Circus. LINT is Steve's latest book.
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Publisher: Snowbooks
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Reviews:
“an elaborate and unhinged comedy, Lint offers a wide sweep of pulp/junk/underground culture… I love the part about Lint's JFK conspiracy theory, which posits that the same bullet ricochet killed several presidents.” – Litkicks
"A jaw-to-the-floor comic masterpiece" - SFX magazine
“More fun than any other mock author biography on the face of this or any other planet. Smart people should be tortured and shot for not reading Steve Aylett… Aylett crams more ideas into one sentence than you'll find in all the novels on the New York Times bestseller list put together.” - Bookmunch
"Steve Aylett is the most original voice in the literary scene. He is quietly changing the rules and bringing fresh life to contemporary literature. Give him your attention. He will reward you enormously - and make you laugh like a drain." - Michael Moorcock
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| Book code: BTD005 |
| Price: GBP £ 7.99 |
| USD $ 13.00 |
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