I have to say I like Matt Ruff more with ever novel (this is my 3rd, leaving one more to be read as things stand right now). _Bad Monkeys_, like _Fool on the Hill_ and _Set This House in Order_, has psychological themes, but where Fool and House are more serious in their approach, _Monkeys_ is more ...
The best I can say about this book is that is was interesting. Imagine ... oh, I don't know ... a female Maxwell Smart on crack cocaine, and you may have some idea. Jane Charlotte is a self-confessed member of The Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons. Or is she? In a series o...
Not a classic in the making, but a fun, quick read with a satisfying storyline and conclusion. Using science fiction conventions, Ruff tells a farcical story of intrigue and double-dealing, X-Files and Illuminati-style shadow organizations, and deeply pleasing paranoia. A good bathtub book, and a go...
I discovered Matt Ruff through Sewer, Gas, Electric: The Public Works Trilogy. If you haven’t read that one, find it and read it. It’s wacky and subversive, and brilliantly plotted. Set This House in Order, the follow-up (though not a sequel) was several years in the works, but well worth the wait. ...
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