Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. In the festering sewers below a darker game is afoot. The public works trilogy says the book contains, among other things, a new tower of babel, a sub built by howard hughes, a hurricane lamp programmed with the personality of ayn rand, and a killer shark named. Billionaire harry gants project, a new tower of babel being built in manhattan by a crew of both human and android steelworkers, is at the halfway point. Matt ruff a computergenerated plague sweeps the world, killing every black person in sight. Philos daughter seraphina, who lives in the walls of the new york public library. Billionaire harry gants project, a new tower of babel.
Books by matt ruff authors like matt ruff what should i. If you are really after this book for the sewage and the action though, read. Matt ruff has written three novels in a literary career spanning nearly two decades. This is one of a number of doomsday events contained in this futuristic novel. Matthew theron matt ruff is an american author of thriller.
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A romance of souls 2003, bad monkeys 2007, the mirage 2012, and lovecraft country 2016. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recyclable packaging. After an eightyear hiatus his 1988 novel, fool on the hill, became an underground hit, ruff proves himself still capable of wildeyed flights of fancy as he pits altruists against antihuman robots in an updated version of atlas shrugged above and below the streets of manhattan. Right from page one, youre already halfway down the rabbit hole in matt ruffs latest novel, bad monkeys. High above manhattan android and human steelworkers are co. Ruffs first novel, fool on the hill, is a fantasy that drew on his experiences living in risley residential college at cornell. The monkey wrench gang is a novel written by american author edward abbey 19271989, published in 1975. The public works trilogy is a dazzling, hilarious cyberpunk adventure set in the new york city of 2023.
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