Vurt

By Jeff Noon,

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Scribble and his gang, the Stash Riders, haunt the streets of an alternate Manchester, chasing the immersive highs that come from Vurt Feathers. Place a feather in your mouth and it takes you to the Vurt: another place, a trip, a shared reality of all our dreams and mythologies.

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A wild ride of what could be a fictional depiction of Man(mad?)chester where our protagonists search in every hook and cranny for vurts, a feather that transports you into a virtual dream world experience. Needless to say, once you get burned out on these feathers you go searching for even deeper trips, with deeper conundrums and deeper labyrinths to escape from.

Noon’s writing puts us in location immediately and does not wait for you to catch up. You’re in his world now, and it’s up to you to keep up. The narrative moves at a hundred miles per hour, and…

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