Scarlett Thomas

Scarlett Thomas (born 1972) is an English author. She has written seven novels, including The End of Mr. Y and PopCo, and teaches English literature at the University of Kent. She was the daughter of Francesca Ashurst, and attended a...

In this article: Literature, Elle Style Awards, The End of Mr. Y, University of Kent, University of East London, God, Scotland on Sunday, Gulf War, and Literary Review

...at the Royal Festival Hall held a Slipstream night chaired by Toby Litt and featuring the British authors Steven Hall and Scarlett Thomas. James Patrick Kelly covers slipstream in two of his "On the Net" columns from Asimov's Science...

In this article: Asimov's Science Fiction, Toby Litt, James Patrick Kelly, Bruce Sterling, and Royal Festival Hall

...Hail The New Puritans' (2000) which included contributions from Alex Garland, Toby Litt, Geoff Dyer, Daren King, Simon Lewis, and Scarlett Thomas. Blincoe was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1965. After briefly studying art at Middlesex...

In this article: Nicholas Blincoe, Manchester Slingback, Philosophy, International Solidarity Movement, Geoff Dyer, Alex Garland, Daren King, Toby Litt, and Matt Thorne

...wanted to look at a couple of un-scary novelists who are playing in the postmodern pool. After Scarlett Thomas, she turned her attention to Canadian author Thomas Wharton. He runs the creative writing department at the University of Alberta...

In this article: Thomas Wharton, Jasper, Alberta, W.G. Sebald, Commonwealth Writers Prize, University of Alberta, Rupert Brooke, and Salamander

...recognize a complex and satisfying read when I find one. James Joyce may not be my cup of tea, but Scarlett Thomas is another matter entirely. With her fun skewering of our capitalist economy in "PopCo" (2005) -- which includes...

In this article: Alice, PopCo, Capitalism, World War II, HAL, Hello Kitty, and The End of Mr. Y

...Troposphere is actually made from human consciousness, a collective as Jung postulated, which the authors, Lumas, Manto and Scarlett Thomas herself, use as an allegory for books; devices which allow access to the thoughts and beliefs of...

In this article: University of East London, All rights reserved, Quark, Electron, and Dog

Even hardcore science-fiction sceptics will find something to enjoy in Scarlett Thomas's novel about time travel to a fourth dimension. Touching on every genre under the sun - from fantasy to transgressive romance - the novel acts as a crash...

In this article: Time travel, Caffeine, and CIA

Nip/Tuck star Richardson, the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave, will join Huston, producer Sigurjon Sighvatsson, author Scarlett Thomas and director Iain Softley. The full article contains 110 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News...

In this article: John Huston, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Joely Richardson, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Vanessa Redgrave, Iain Softley, and Children of Men

Joining Huston on the jury are international producer Sigurjon Sighvatsson ("Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait"), author Scarlett Thomas ("The End of Mr. Y"); actress Joely Richardson ("Nip/Tuck") and director Iain Softley ("Backbeat").

In this article: Danny Huston, Michael Powell, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, The Edge of Love, Donkey Punch, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, and The End of Mr. Y

...into one narrative. But it is a bulky read and the denouement is unexpectedly clumsy." - Isobel Montgomery, The Guardian "Scarlett Thomas's PopCo is a big, zeitgeisty novel that free-associates in the way that only cyberpunk...

In this article: PopCo, Anti-authoritarian, Capitalism, World War II, and Sunday Times