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Matt Ruff

Matthew Theron "Matt" Ruff (born September 8, 1965 in Queens, New York) is an American author of thriller, science-fiction, fantasy, steampunk, and comic novels. show more

Matthew Theron "Matt" Ruff (born September 8, 1965 in Queens, New York) is an American author of thriller, science-fiction, fantasy, steampunk, and comic novels.

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Birth date: 1965-09-08

Website: www.bymattruff.com

Category:

Fantasy, Humor, Literary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Steampunk, Thriller

Matt Ruff's Books

Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls - Matt Ruff

Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy - Matt Ruff

Lovecraft Country - Matt Ruff

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, & Chocolate Chip Cookies - Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, Jeffrey D. Smith, Suzy McKee Charnas, Richard Calder, Ruth Nestvold, Joanna Russ, Joy Fowler, Hans Christian Andersen, Kara Dalkey, Kelly Link, Geoff Ryman, James Tiptree Jr., Sandra McDonald, Carol Emshwiller, Ursula K. Le Gu

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Lovecraft Country: Roman - Matt Ruff, Anna Leube, Wolf Heinrich Leube

Bad Monkeys - Matt Ruff, Heikko Deutschmann, Jasmin Tabatabai

Lovecraft Country - Matt Ruff

Ich und die anderen (Gebundene Ausgabe) - Matt Ruff, Ditte Bandini, Giovanni Bandini

Bad Monkeys - Matt Ruff, Ditte Bandini, Giovanni Bandini

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Folding Paper & Spilling Ink rated it

7 years ago

text Lovecraft Country: Or, the real monster is racism

This book really exceeded all my expectations. What I had heard about this book prior to digging in was that Ruff had taken some of Lovecraft's themes and spun them from a black perspective. This is so much more than that though. Ruff doesn't just plumb Lovecraft's oeuvre, but that of classic sci-fi...

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Tellulah Darling rated it

8 years ago

text Fall down the rabbit hole with The Mirage

Ruff’s first novel Fool on the Hill is one of my favourite all-time books while his Bad Monkeysis an acid trip of a read. (In a good way.) But I wasn’t sure how The Mirage would land. Well, he did a brilliant job. I love books featuring alternate histories or even just alternate cities. Ruff took th...

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Sci-Fi & Scary rated it

8 years ago

text Lovecraft Country

Lovecraft Country was a book mainly comprised of elements that I don’t particularly enjoy. It was set in a time period (the 50’s) that means nothing to me. One of the main themes of the book (racism) is something that I can understand intellectually, but not really emotionally. The chapters were als...

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learn by going rated it

8 years ago

text Lovecraft Country, by Matt Ruff

Another book with a fantastic premise and strong start that doesn't quite live up to its potential. The novel establishes 1954, post-Korean War, Jim Crow America as Lovecraftian horror for its African American characters. Each chapter/section explores the point of view of a member of the (extended...

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