steve aylett
Steve Aylett (b. 1967) is a satirical science fiction and slipstream author of several bizarro books. He is renowned for his colorful satire attacking the manipulations of authority, and for having reams of amusing epigrams and non-sequiturs only tangentially related to what little plot the books possess.
Aylett left school at age 17 and worked in a book warehouse, and later in law publishing.
Aylett claims to have books appear in his brain in one visual "glob" which looks like a piece of gum (but denies it's "channelled").
“In books there’s nothing of the fish covered in the coldness of the sea, or the feeling of a star touching space. Bad for business.”
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“A sniper is like a genius - it’s not enough to be one, you have to be one at something.”
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“Never refer to a large dog as a friend - he is in custody and he knows it.”
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“It’s hard for people to stampede when they’re strutting”
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“How many times does a man have to shave before his chin gets the message?”
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“Nothing like a spider in the mouth to get you thinking.”
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“Crime is one of the many methods justice may select.”
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“One thing you’ll say for skeletons, they’ll always give you a smile.”
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“Painkillers are the drugs of the future”
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“The most amusing thing about a pantomime horse is the necessity of having to shoot it twice.”
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“One golfer a year is hit by lightning. This may be the only evidence we have of god’s existence.”
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“a story is ready when it falls from your face”
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