New York: Crown, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, an urban noir thriller set in the near cyberfuture - an immense cloud of pollen has descended on a "remixed and futuristic Manchester" and people are literally sneezing themselves to death. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Exploding language." Noon's first novel "Vurt" won the Arthur C. Clark Award and the John W. Campbell award for best new science fiction writer. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-517599902.