# Nylon Angel

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***Nylon Angel*** is a [postcyberpunk](/source/Postcyberpunk) novel by [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) author [Marianne de Pierres](/source/Marianne_de_Pierres)

## Plot summary

The story is set in post-apocalyptic Australia, around a city called the Tert. There, a [bounty hunter](/source/Bounty_hunter)/[bodyguard](/source/Bodyguard) named Parrish Plessis has ended up working for a ganglord called Jamon Mondo. She wants out, and her answer arrives in the form of two men wanted in connection with the killing of a [journalist](/source/Journalist) called Razz Retribution (In this world, the army, churches and the government have given up on the world, so it is now ruled by the media).

The story is divided between the Tert, a rundown slum reminiscent of [Mega-City One](/source/Mega-City_One), and Viva City (a pun on the word [vivacity](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vivacity)), a walled suburb some forty kilometres up the coast.

## Reception

Cameron Woodhead of *[The Age](/source/The_Age)* called the book "a trashy, imaginative piece of cyberpunk". He said, "The novel has its problems but there is enough fashion-conscious brutality to distract you from them. A compelling blend of *[Mad Max](/source/Mad_Max)* and [James Cameron](/source/James_Cameron)'s *[Dark Angel](/source/Dark_Angel_(American_TV_series))*."[1] Writing for *[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)*, [Maxine McArthur](/source/Maxine_McArthur) said, "It's a strong narrative told by female bodyguard/adventurer Parrish Plessis. Be prepared for breathless action, a cyberpunk flavour, a little voodoo, and (possibly) a science-fiction core to the plot."[2]

In a largely positive review, *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)* critic Tim Cadman stated, "The plot is a bit slow to get going and concentration on the protagonist makes the other characters a little one-dimensional, but this is fortunately counterbalanced by vivid descriptions of life in the slums that have an almost cinematic quality. Occasional touches of Australiana add local colour to the underlying themes of [urban decay](/source/Urban_decay) and media exploitation, and it is this combination that makes the book an exciting and adrenalin-pumping read."[3]

## Adaptations

A role playing game based on the series has been created by White Mice Worldbuilding.[4]

## Notes

1. Woodhead, Cameron (2004-02-14). ["Fiction - Books"](https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/105463EE5746C071&f=basic). *[The Age](/source/The_Age)*. [Archived](https://archive.today/20240323104508/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/105463EE5746C071&f=basic) 2024-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-03-23.

1. McArthur, Maxine (2004-02-28). ["It's enough to make a girl hang up her leather tank top"](https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/148A7F7FC93D20A8&f=basic). *[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times)*. [Archived](https://archive.today/20240323104531/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/148A7F7FC93D20A8&f=basic) 2024-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-03-23.

1. Cadman, Tim (2004-04-09). ["The good gangster"](https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/10538359E3003A5C&f=basic). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. [Archived](https://archive.today/20240323104541/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/10538359E3003A5C&f=basic) 2024-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-03-23.

1. ["White Mice Worldbuilding"](http://www.whitemicegames.com.au/cgi-bin/users/productList.pl?productTypeID=1). Retrieved 2009-01-20.

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