Steve Aylett

Steve Aylett
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Bromley, England
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1994–
GenreSatirical science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream
Website
www.steveaylett.com

Steve Aylett (born 1967 in Bromley, United Kingdom) is an English author of satirical science fiction, fantasy, and slipstream. According to the critic Bill Ectric, "much of Aylett’s work combines the bawdy, action-oriented style of Voltaire with the sedentary, faux cultivated style of Peacock."[1] Stylistically, Aylett is often seen as a difficult writer.[2][3] As the critic Robert Kiely suggests, his books tend to be "baroque in their density, speed, and finely crafted detail; they are overcrowded, they dazzle and distort and wait for us to catch up with their narrative world."[4]

Although Aylett is best known for his novels, and for his transmedial metafiction Lint, he has also created comics, stand-up, performance, music, movies, and art, often working in appropriative and other avant-garde modes. Aylett is also one of the few UK authors associated with the largely US-based Bizarro literary movement.

  1. ^ Ectric, Bill (2016). "Uncanny Recognition". In Ectric, Bill; Wilson, D. Harlan (eds.). Steve Aylett: A Critical Anthology. Sein und Werden. ISBN 978-0692717271.
  2. ^ Brooke, Keith (30 October 2010). "The Complete Accomplice, by Steve Aylett – review". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Carter, Stuart (October 2002). "Review of Velocity Gospel". Infinity Plus.
  4. ^ Kiely, Robert (2016). "Speed, Originality and Déjà Vu in Bigot Hall". In Ectric, Bill; Wilson, D. Harlan (eds.). Steve Aylett: A Critical Anthology. Sein und Werden. ISBN 978-0692717271.