Pollen (novel)

Pollen is a 1995 science fiction novel written by British author Jeff Noon.

Pollen
First edition UK cover
AuthorJeff Noon
Cover artistJoe Magee
CountryGreat Britain
LanguageEnglish
SeriesVurt series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherRingpull
Publication date
1995
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages327
ISBN1-85702-398-6
Preceded byVurt 
Followed byAutomated Alice 

Plot summary

Pollen is the sequel to Vurt and concerns the ongoing struggle between the real world and the virtual world. When concerning the virtual world, some references to Greek mythology are noticeable, including Persephone and Demeter, the river Styx and Charon, and Hades (portrayed by the character John Barleycorn). The novel is set in Manchester.

Influences

Noon is said to take his inspiration from music. While working on Pollen, he often listened to ‘Dream of a 100 Nations’ album by Transglobal Underground on repeat.

Things changed for my second novel, Pollen:by then I had really discovered the melancholic joys of house and techno music, and I think the novel reflects that change. Pollen is a much more tangled book, more fertile, a very overgrown, edge-of-wilderness narrative.[1]

Songs mentioned
gollark: You just `require` it and can then do stuff like```luaskynet.send(channel, message)local channel, message = skynet.receive(channel)```
gollark: https://github.com/osmarks/skynet/blob/master/client.lua
gollark: No, I have a nice client API fo rit.
gollark: Basically, it connects to a server over websocket, and that server relays messages between sockets.
gollark: Anyway, I made skynet.

References
  1. "SOUNDTRACK TO A NOVEL: JEFF NOON ON MUSIC AND WRITING". Tor UK. Retrieved 2017-03-29.


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