Writing
Wilson is perhaps best known for his award-winning novel Dr. Identity and the subsequent Peckinpah: An Ultraviolent Romance, both of which he has fancifully categorized as examples of "splattershtick," a form that bridges a metafictional, literary representation of ultraviolence with the silly, gimmicky realm of pop aesthetics. His writing intellectualizes the stupidity of pop culture in order to satirize western society and illustrate the degree to which reality has evolved into a cinematic nightmare.
In addition to writing fiction, Wilson is a prolific reviewer and essayist and has published a book of science fiction criticism called Technologized Desire: Selfhood & the Body in Postcapitalist Science Fiction.
Wilson is the reviews editor of Extrapolation (journal) and the editor-in-chief of The Dream People.
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