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Steve Aylett

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Bromley, England, The United Kingdom

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http://www.steveaylett.com/

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Steve Aylett is a satirical science fiction and weird slipstream author of books such as LINT, The Book Lovers and Slaughtermatic, and comics including Hyperthick. He is known for his colourful satire attacking the manipulations of authority. Aylett is synaesthetic. He lives in Scotland.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 4,449 ratings · 526 reviews · 48 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lint 3.74 avg rating — 512 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slaughtermatic 3.67 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 1998 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bizarro Starter Kit by Steve Aylett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Bradley Sands (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jeremy C. Shipp (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crime Studio 4.06 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shamanspace 3.74 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bigot Hall: A Gothic Childhood 4.09 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atom 3.55 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toxicology 3.94 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart of the Original 3.83 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only an Alligator (Accomplice, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The optimist sees the future as a rabbit sees the oncoming truck - getting bigger, not closer.”
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“Sanity’s a virginity of the mind
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― Steve Aylett, Atom

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“In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.”
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