Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook174 pages3 hours
Slaughtermatic
By Steve Aylett
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
'Beerlight was a blown circuit, where to kill a man was less a murder than a mannerism … Crime was the new and only artform.'
A book with its own nervous system, Slaughtermatic follows Dante Cubit through the streets of Beerlight as he hunts for a crime mentor, tangling with Chief Henry Blince and the hitman Brute Parker on the way.
Real satire amid the bomb zombies, scary clowns and needle bars of the city. Gun karma navigated. Hassle with the locals, breaking our man in half.
After robbing a bank with the aid of a painkiller-guzzling, trigger-happy Kid and attempting to escape by killing his own recent-past self, Dante soon realises that there is no escape from a trap that expands with you.
A book with its own nervous system, Slaughtermatic follows Dante Cubit through the streets of Beerlight as he hunts for a crime mentor, tangling with Chief Henry Blince and the hitman Brute Parker on the way.
Real satire amid the bomb zombies, scary clowns and needle bars of the city. Gun karma navigated. Hassle with the locals, breaking our man in half.
After robbing a bank with the aid of a painkiller-guzzling, trigger-happy Kid and attempting to escape by killing his own recent-past self, Dante soon realises that there is no escape from a trap that expands with you.
Unavailable
Related to Slaughtermatic
Related ebooks
The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRaymond; or, Life and Death Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Davidian Report Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Book Without A Name: Western Horror • Splatter Western • Southern Gothic Anthology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSignals of Distress: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Creating K-Pax -Or- Are You Sure You Want to Be a Writer? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExploring Dark Short Fiction #1: A Primer to Steve Rasnic Tem Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5His Name Was Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Constance: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Hanging Stranger Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pilgermann Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sea of Glass Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Compleat Werewolf: And Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nightmare People: A Horror Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Skin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Face in the Abyss Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStone Heart Deep Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThings Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe King in Yellow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Scarlet Imperial Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Perfect Host Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eye of Flame: Fantasies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHouse on Fire Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mars Child Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Penny Arcade: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Astounding Wonder: Imagining Science and Science Fiction in Interwar America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Intruder Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fengriffen & Other Tales Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Dream of Wessex Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Case of the Barking Clock Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Dystopian For You
I Am Legend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prophet Song: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wool: Book One of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silo Series Collection: Wool, Shift, Dust, and Silo Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Handmaid's Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tender Is the Flesh Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Who Have Never Known Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shift: Book Two of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51984 (Original English Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Camp Zero: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School for Good Mothers: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Long Walk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dust: Book Three of the Silo Series Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lathe Of Heaven Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Cheerfully Refuse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Running Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trail of Lightning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlawed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aurora: A Summer Beach Read Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deluge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Slaughtermatic
Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
4 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty fun and twisted - a nice, quick, violent, humourous read
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Self-consciously clever, crazy original, and exploding with style, Slaughtermatic is an intense read that kept me grinning throughout; at least, when I wasn't rubbing my poor dumb head - I'm not ashamed to admit that I would have enjoyed this book even more if I had been smarter and/or more educated. It's filled with rapid-fire metaphors and concepts that can get to be pretty overwhelming if you're not blessed with a high IQ and a decent attention span, but the struggle is worth it because it's a damn good read. The ideas are presented with such copious style that it's a joy to read each page. Aylett seems to put as much thought into most sentences as a lesser author would put into an entire novel.The characters, although barely necessary in a book so brimming with style as this, are interesting, and the dialog is always a treat to read - just don't expect anything resembling real-life exchanges. The plot, also only semi-crucial, is occasionally meandering but ultimately satisfying. But again, the real star here is the writing itself, and if you can enjoy writing for writing, you'll love this book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crazy, surreal, absurdly violent. Just the right length. Some very hip writing.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All style and no content... but man, what style!