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Scarlett Thomas

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Memoir

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Tolstoy
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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 · 47,108 ratings · 5,923 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	The End of Mr. Y 3.77 avg rating — 17,779 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 — 5,869 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 — 5,175 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 — 2,826 ratings — published 2017 — 8 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 — 3,284 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 — 2,618 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 — 2,534 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 — 1,814 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 — 1,850 ratings — published 2024 — 9 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 — 989 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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Quotes by Scarlett Thomas (?)

“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

tags: creativity

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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 2022 preliminary fantasy poll

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

16 votes, 32.0%

Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip

14 votes, 28.0%

The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas

8 votes, 16.0%

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

7 votes, 14.0%

Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith (duology in one volume)

5 votes, 10.0%

50 total votes

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