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Scarlett Thomas

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Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Memoir

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Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her widely-acclaimed novels include PopCo, The End of Mr Y and The Seed Collectors. As well as writing literary fiction for adults, she has also written a literary fantasy series for children and a book about writing called Monkeys with Typewriters. Her work has been translated into more than 25 languages.

She has been longlisted for the Orange Prize, shortlisted for the South African Boeke Prize and was once the proud recipient of an Elle Style Award. She is currently Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of Kent in the UK. She lives in a Victorian house near the sea and spends a lot of time reading Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield.

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Average rating: 3.6 · 46,981 ratings · 5,898 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	The End of Mr. Y 3.77 avg rating — 17,758 ratings — published 2006 — 66 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
	PopCo 3.73 avg rating — 5,864 ratings — published 2004 — 22 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
	Our Tragic Universe 3.45 avg rating — 5,177 ratings — published 2010 — 33 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
	Dragon's Green (Worldquake Sequence, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 2,819 ratings — published 2017 — 24 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
	Bright Young Things 3.27 avg rating — 3,281 ratings — published 2001 — 14 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
	Oligarchy 3.16 avg rating — 2,612 ratings — published 2019 — 21 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 Seed Collectors 3.08 avg rating — 2,532 ratings — published 2015 — 13 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
	Going Out 3.51 avg rating — 1,810 ratings — published 2002 — 21 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 Sleepwalkers 3.16 avg rating — 1,784 ratings — published 2024 — 2 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 Chosen Ones (Worldquake Sequence, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 985 ratings — published 2018 — 20 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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Worldquake Sequence (3 books)
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Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)

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Decline and Fall

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“Real life is physical. Give me books instead. Give me the invisibility of the contents of books, the thoughts, the ideas, the images. Let me become part of a book. . . . an intertextual being: a book cyborg, or, considering that books aren't cybernetic, perhaps a bibliorg.”
― Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr. Y

tags: books, cybernetics, ideas, images, thoughts

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“Routine kills creative thought.”
― Scarlett Thomas, PopCo

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“I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.”
― Scarlett Thomas, The End of Mr. Y

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January 2014 -- Science Fiction

This poll decided which two books will go on to the second round of voting for the Beyond Reality Science Fiction Book of the Month for January 2014.

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

21 votes, 22.8%

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

19 votes, 20.7%

The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks

13 votes, 14.1%

The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas

11 votes, 12.0%

Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds

11 votes, 12.0%

Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton

10 votes, 10.9%

Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds

5 votes, 5.4%

The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan

2 votes, 2.2%

92 total votes

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