Line #13 Literature/Vurt


1	-> ''Sometimes it feels that the whole world is smeared with Vaz.''
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3	''Vurt,'' written by Jeff Noon, is the first novel in a series of books set in an alternate version of Manchester, Singland (England), in which society has been shaped by Vurt, a hallucinogenic drug/shared alternate reality, which one accesses by sucking on colour-coded feathers.
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5	''Vurt'' tells the story of Scribble and his "gang", the Stash Riders, as they search for his missing sister/lover Desdemona.
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7	Now also a [[http://www.ravendeskgames.com/vurt-the-tabletop-roleplaying-game/ roleplaying game]] based on Monte Cook's MediaNotes/CypherSystem.
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10	!!This book provides examples of:
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12	* AbusiveParents The father of Scribble and Desdemona. He of all things is the worst nightmare that haunts both of them in the Curious House and attacks them with a razor blade.
13	* AllWomenAreLustful Especially, towards Scribble. His sister seduces him. Suze flirts with him and uses her Vurt abilities to feel him from inside. The biggest Vurt pornstar Cinders O’Juniper invites him to have sex almost instantly.
14	* AmbiguousRobots: It is a shock for Scribble to find out that Barney wasn't completely a human.
15	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Scribble brings Desdemona back into the real world, but must stay with Game Cat and become his apprentice and (as is hinted) his successor.]]
16	%%* BrotherSisterIncest: Scribble and Desdemona.
17	%%* DealWithTheDevil
18	* DirtyCop: The she-cop Murdoch is TOO keen on catching the Stash Riders. Even her partner notes that she doesn't follow "the standard procedure".
19	* DrugsAreGood: Moreover, they are the most popular form of entertainment.
20	* EldritchAbomination: The Thing. Complete with unintelligible speech.
21	* EquivalentExchange: When anything is taken from the Vurt, something of equal worth must be left behind. It's not entirely clear how this worth is determined, but sentimental value does count.
22	%%* EternalSexualFreedom
23	%%* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex
24	* EverybodyMustGetStoned: Suze treats everyone with "Mexican Haze".
25	* FantasticRacism: "Pure is poor, kill the pure!"
26	%%* GreatBigBookOfEverything: The Game Cat.
27	* HalfHumanHybrid: Bridget, Das Uberdog, Dingo Tush and Lucinda are examples.
28	%%* MagicalLand: Where Vurt takes you.
29	* MeaningfulName: Scribble lives up to his name as he is the story teller.
30	* MentalFusion: One time, Scribble can feel Suze inside his body, touching [[RagingStiffie all]] his body parts.
31	%%* NewWeird
32	* PoliceBrutality: The novel opens with the cop burning a homeless man’s dog alive. Tristan gets severely beaten by cops during and after his detention, then dies in custody.
33	* ShoutOut:
34	** Octave Mirbeau's ''The Torture Garden''.
35	** Also, the name Curious Yellow is a reference to the film ''I Am Curious (Yellow)'', a foreign and soft erotic film.
36	* TarotMotifs: Suze gives Scribble the symbolic TheFool card.
37	* {{Telepathy}}: Bridget and other shadowgirls are capable of mind reading and writing.
38	%%* YourMindMakesItReal: Yellow feathers.
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