Ruff, Matt
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- Terrific fun
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- Brilliant, irreverent, a wild ride
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Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy (Public Works Trilogy)
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Sewer, Gas & Electric is the exuberant follow-up to Matt Ruff's cult classic and critically acclaimed debut Fool on the Hill. High above Manhattan android and human steelworkers are constructing a new Tower of Babel for billionaire Harry Gant, as a monument to humanity's power to dream. In the festering sewers below a darker game is afoot: a Wall Street takeover artist has been murdered, and Gant's crusading ex-wife, Joan Fine, has been hired to find out why. The year is 2023, and Ayn Rand has been resurrected and bottled in a hurricane lamp to serve as Joan's assistant; an eco-terrorist named Philo Dufrense travels in a pink-and-green submarine designed by Howard Hughes; a Volkswagen Beetle is possessed by the spirit of Abbie Hoffman; Meisterbrau, a mutant great white shark, is running loose in the sewers beneath Times Square; and a one-armed 181-year-old Civil War veteran joins Joan and Ayn in their quest for the truth. All of whom, and many more besides, are caught up in a vast conspiracy involving Walt Disney, J. Edgar Hoover, and a mob of homicidal robots.
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FUNNY, BUT SOMETIMES IRRITATING AS WELL.......2006-12-12
It's the future and Mr. Gant is a strong force to be reckoned with in the business industry and there's an eco-terrorist group intent on bringing him down. There's also an artificial intelligence trying to take over and a mutated shark on the loose in the city`s sewers. All this is wrapped up in a large ball of satire and craziness. Overall, I liked this one. Unfortunately, there are instances where the author is trying too hard to be clever and that's what puts a kink in my enjoyment of the story because a lot seems forced or just downright irritating. But hey, all-in-all it's a pretty fun read.
Why have I never heard of this guy? He's genius!.......2006-02-22
Sewer, Gas & Electric takes place, for the most part, in New York City in 2023 as Matt Ruff explains in his intro: "...just like the present, only more so." Corporations dominate the city skyline with giant glowing advertisements while under them specially trained city workers track and kill the mutant inhabitants of the sewers. Althewhile, keeping these strange animals existence a secrete.
Early in the twenty-aughts a strange plague decimated the black population. This plague not only kills within days but also seemingly consumes the bodies leaving nothing behind. Nothing except strange rumors- tribes of green eyed blacks; while the ghosts of billions of dead negros seem to haunt every part of the Earth.
Ruff mixes the seemingly silly with the mortuary seriousness of a funeral and I have never read anything else that pulls off that conceit to this level of perfection except maybe , Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book) by Neal Stephenson. Below are a list of characters, if you feel that they are silly then you are right. If you are not a fan of Kurt Vonnegut or novels such as The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers or the above mentioned Stephenson you may want to look elsewhere. If by chance any of those are your favorites then you may be able to add another novel to that list:
Harry Gant: Eccentric billionaire and manufacturer of the electric negro
Joan Fine: Harry's ex-wife, eco warrior, ``white liberal Catholic'' and former Comptroller of Public Opinion at Gant Industries (main protagonist)
Philo Dufrense: Eco-terrorist and captain of the pink-and-green submarine designed by Howard Hughes the "Yabba-dabba-do". Also, one of the last black people left on the planet after a plague
Meisterbrau: An alternative-environment-adapted Carcharodon carcharias (Aka, a mutated great white shark living in the sewers of New York City).
Ayn Rand: Resurrected and bottled in a hurricane lamp to serve as Joan's annoying assistant. Side note: She gets her objective @ss handed to her in an argument over her theories.
Abbie Hoffman: His personality programmed into the computer of a Volkswagen Beatle.
Kite: A one-armed 181-year-old Civil War veteran(don't ask).
All of whom, and many more are caught up in a vast conspiracy involving Walt Disney, J. Edgar Hoover, and a mob of homicidal robots. Without ruining the story, all I can say is it's a genocidal conspiracy revolving around the Disney Corporation, a supercomputer and a mysterious plague that wiped out every black person on Earth (except those with green eyes). I hope this was helpful and I hope you enjoy the book.
Terrific fun.......2006-02-04
I truly enjoyed this book. It was original, irreverent and at times screamingly funny. Character development was excellent but not overblown. I also liked the pace of this book: a fun story that moved at a good clip without rushing. Clearly the author is thumbing his nose at the politically correct movement of the 1990s but the story is still relevent and great fun.
Matt Ruff's Second Novel, A Cyberpunk Classic.......2004-08-23
Matt Ruff has written three novels in a literary career spanning nearly two decades; all three are rooted somehow in fantasy and should be regarded as fine examples of speculative fiction. "Sewer, Gas Electric: The Public Works Trilogy" is a dazzling, hilarious cyberpunk adventure set in the New York City of 2023. Ruff conjurs up a bizarre, almost dystopian, view of a near-future New York City laced with the political wisdom of Ayn Rand, who returns, resurrected as a major protagonist in this novel. Multi-billionaire Harry Gant strives to build the tallest building in the world while his ex-wife, Joan Fine, is joined by Ayn Rand, as they wage war against homicidal robots and a sinister conspiracy involving Walt Disney and J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's legendary first director, within the sewers of Manhattan. Ruff's novel is just as hilarious as Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash", but quite a bit longer. And not only are there apt comparisons to Stephenson's work here, but I can see some influence from the likes of Thomas Pynchon, Bruce Sterling and William Gibson too. Fans of "Snow Crash" and other cyberpunk fiction will not wish to miss this book. Without question, "Sewer, Gas, Electric: The Public Works Trilogy" is Ruff's splendid sophomore outing, and demonstrates to me why he may be the finest writer ever to have graduated from New York City's prestigious Stuyvesant High School.
Brilliant, irreverent, a wild ride.......2004-07-19
Sewer, Gas and Electic is one of the strangest, most off-the-wall books I've read in years. And I loved almost every bit of it. If this is representive of Matt Ruff's work, he's a brilliant writer.
The only reason that I didn't give the book five stars is that the ending is a bit weak compared to the rest of the book. But, regardless of the ending, the ride was worth it.
The cast of Sewer, Gas and Electric includes a Multi-Billionare businessman, Harry Gant. Harry wants to do the right thing, but doing the right thing is boring -- it just doesn't hold his attention. So, he hired an environmentalist that he'd dated in college, Joan, as an executive in his company to keep him honest. They battle over company decisions and eventually marry and then divorce, all the time where the story occurs.
Other characters include a non-violent eco-terrorist with a submarine decorated with pink polka dots that he docks under the statue of liberty, the crew of the submarine, including a mixed Israeli/Palestinian family, and a few war veterns suffering from serious PTSD. Oh, and we can't forget the VERY evolved, very dangerous shark that has escaped from the NY City sewers. And the Queen of England...
Early on in the book, it isn't clear whether the plot revolves around Gant's quest to build a mile-high tower or the eco-terrorists efforts to stop Gant industries from drilling for oil in the Antarctica. It turns out that its neither.
I really don't want to give anything away. If you like science fiction and you enjoy off the wall plots and don't mind a bit of politically incorrect humor, you'll LOVE this book.
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- An Imaginative Declaration of Love to the Art of Writing, a College Story Full of Humor
- An ambitious first novel with a big, sweet heart
- Referential Literary Humor and Action
- Enchanting, sweet, funny
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Fool on the Hill: A Novel
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An Imaginative Declaration of Love to the Art of Writing, a College Story Full of Humor.......2006-10-17
The entire novel is a single apotheosis to the writing and writers. It is full of the strangest characters. The most beautiful woman of the world is named like the Greek muse Calliope. It is the muse for (epic) poetry. She plays a prominent role, as well as too more people engaged in the invention of stories.
The novel is populated with the strangest characters. Half gods, animals, sprites and even the normal people are kind of unusual. The strangest things are happening here - magic abounds. The world in its craziness and sometimes evilness is explained in the context of the author's main love. All is soaked with a fine sense of humor. Beware of the danger: "fit of laughter".
Well and you will find a lot of references to other works of culture. The title is the same as the title of a Beatles song. Many sprites have names, of characters in the plays by William Shakespeare. You find the picture of the movie director Alfred Hitchcock and references to the plot of a horror movie (what the beautiful girl should never do but inevitably does).
Expect a lot of good fun and entertainment. I do recommend this beautiful book.
An ambitious first novel with a big, sweet heart.......2006-07-24
I have to hand it to Matt Ruff--when he set out to write his first novel, he aimed high. He's got everything but the kitchen sink in this book: ancient storytellers, dogs in search of heaven, magical sprites, motorcycle-riding Bohemian knights, a fraternity that lives in Tolkien House, killer rats...and, believe it or not, a whole lot more. How can you not love a book that tries to throw all that into the same narrative stew?!
Sometimes the book suffers from a lack of focus, and in places the author's inexperience shows through. But at its best--and its best is lovely indeed--this book shines with magic and heart and soul. I hope Ruff will re-visit some of these characters one day; I'd dearly love to know what became of them.
Highly recommended, especially for those who like fantasy set in the modern world.
Referential Literary Humor and Action.......2006-01-10
This novel is nothing less than unique. First off, it must be said that much of Matt Ruff's humor is made through direct and indirect literary references. That being said, one does not have to be an obsessively read literati to enjoy this book. It also has great chararcter development, broad physical humor, and engaging action.
Everyone I have recommended this book to has torn through it in a short period of time. The action sequences are vivid, and vilolent, with well developed characters (that you will care about) being put in harm's way.
Enchanting, sweet, funny.......2005-07-11
Searching for a book that will enchant and uplift without being sappy or trite? Give this one a try. A sweet story with great characters that you can truly care about. A bit of the fantastic mixed in with the modern world. This book is written with a sense of humor and wonder.
Waste of time.......2005-06-04
I just finished reading this book and was tremendously disappointed. I kept with it, thinking it would get better, and now wish I had put it down like previous reviewers had. I cannot recommend this book. Don't waste your time.
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- Fantastic but grim
- Great from the first chapeter.
- Finally, a viewpoint we can relate to.
- Great for fans of Chuck Pahalniuk
- General thoughts on Matt Ruff
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Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls
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Release Date: 2004-01-20 |
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Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather. . . . It was no ordinary murder. Though the torture and abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only his soul actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces became souls in their own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . . . </p>
While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary house inside Andy's head, struggling to maintain an orderly coexistence: Aaron, the father figure; Adam, the mischievous teenager; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist; Seferis, the defender; and Gideon, who wants to get rid of Andy and the others and run things on his own. </p>
Andy's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality, a fact that Penny is only partially aware of. When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees, setting in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the house. Now Andy and Penny must work together to uncover a terrible secret that Andy has been keeping . . . from himself. </p>
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Fantastic but grim.......2007-06-20
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was sad, which made it difficult to read at times, but I liked it quite a bit. Also the local color of Seattle (I used to live there) was quite fun to reminisce through. While in Sewer, Gas, and Electric, Ruff made me laugh constantly, I was on the verge of tears a few times in this one. I don't believe people can actually have multiple personalities. Psychiatrists are divided on this, although I'm not a psychiatrist. But I still think it's a fascinating thing to read about in a novel. Although this book isn't fantasy, Matt Ruff is a fantasy writer, and I think it takes one to pull this idea off as well as he does in Set This House in Order.
Great from the first chapeter........2007-06-10
This is one of the few five stars I've given. I loved this book from the get-go. It is the character development, not plot that rules this novel. You can't help but love the main characters -- two MPD victims whose myriad of personalities all have relationships with each other. Fascinating, enjoying, and just plain good!
Finally, a viewpoint we can relate to........2007-05-23
Don't get me wrong - as a novel, this isn't the best book I've ever read. It's clear to me, at least, that Ruff's main purpose here is not to spin us through plot twists but to give us a portrayal of how life can be for a multiple. In fact, the sudden plot turn near the end feels somewhat contrived, as if he wrote it at the last minute out of a sudden fear that the main characters' lives and the interplay between them wasn't interesting enough.
Plot and craft weaknesses aside, though, this is one of the best books I've ever read about multiplicity. I can't possibly express how tiresome it is to read story after story of how "harrowing" and "horrifying" it is to be multiple, what a dreadful condition it is, what a nightmare all multiples' lives must certainly be, since we are, after all, "shattered," "broken," "destroyed" - pick an Adjective of Dread and I can guarantee our lives have been labeled with it. If we aren't written as cringing, manipulative victims of a terrible past, then we're murderers and serial killers With A Difference - and protests to the contrary go largely unheard in the vast, craggy face of the "conventional wisdom" that permeates the genre.
So hooray for Matt Ruff, who did extensive interviews and research among actual multiples who don't fit the stereotype pushed down society's throat - people who actually like being the way they are, regardless of how they got there.
So, what it comes down to is this: as fiction, the book's a decent read, unnecessary plot excitement aside. As a decently accurate alternative to the rest of the multiplicity-related schlock out there, it's one of the most progressive and refreshing books on the subject - fiction or nonfiction - that I've ever had the fortune to find.
Great for fans of Chuck Pahalniuk.......2007-03-26
Ruff seems to have that same twisted veiw of the world with the added bonus of being a better writer. This follows the intersecting lives of two people with DID (disassociative identity disorder), otherwise known as multiple personality disorder. Every other section is written from the others (and their other personality's) point of view. If you have the option, I would suggest reading the first one or two chapters at a book store to guage whether or not you would be truly interested. Personaly, I was hooked after the first two paragraphs. This after having sat on my book shelf for more than a year--I'm glad I finally picked it up.
One warning, I read Ruff's Sewer, Gas and Electric trilogy and loved them--if you have read them also, know that Set This House in Order is not similar in the least.
One of the best books I've read this year.
General thoughts on Matt Ruff.......2007-03-11
I can't add much to the other reviews, other than to say Matt Ruff is my favorite fiction writer. The term genius is bandied about far too often these days, but Matt Ruff is definitely a genius when it comes to writing.
Buy and read all of his works, tell your friends about him, someone so devoted to the craft deserves your support.
His prose is beautiful, but it is his vivid imagination in developing such fascinating stories that sets him apart.
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Bad Monkeys
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Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. </p>
She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—"Bad Monkeys" for short. </p>
This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail's psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy—or playing a different game altogether. What follows is one of the most clever and gripping novels you'll ever read. </p>
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Wow........2007-03-22
I read this book in a day. ANd not really a day, I started around 2pm, and it's 8:30pm now. I was at work when I read it, so I was interupted alot. I say this as an example when I say, I could not willingly put this book down. It grabbed me, and not only refused to let go, but when I looked down, I saw that I had grabbed IT. I have no idea how to talk about this book without giving anything away. The basic plot, and I mean basic, is that our main character, Jane Charlotte, has been arrested for murder. She tells the cops that she is a member of a shadowy organazation that fights evil, and the book is an interview with a police psychiatrist interspersed with her telling him how she came to be a part of this organization.
After that, I'll leave it up to you to read this. And, if you enjoy an excellent read that illicits all sorts of comparrisons, from Palahniuk to Moore, then you'll enjoy this. It's unique, at least as far as books I've come across. And I can't think of a better thing to say about a book other than that it was an excellent read, and that it's unique.
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Set This House in Order
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- All hip and no meat
- Zany fun romp
- SG&E- a Great Read
- Getting people to laugh at Ayn Rand requires no skill.
- Thought provoking and clever
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Sewer, Gas and Electric: THE PUBLIC WORKS TRILOGY (Public Works Trilogy)
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Sewer, Gas & Electric may not be books at all but visionary movies like Brazil and Blade Runner. A comic writer and Information Age social satirist of the first water, Matt Ruff has one of the most fertile imaginations you'll come across, and the confident chops to string the fruits of this inventive intelligence together. The story is set in a near-future Manhattan of mile-high skyscraper construction projects, eco-terrorism, man-eating mutant sewer-dwelling white sharks and even more dangerous corporations.
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At the age of twenty-three, Matt Ruff produced a novel, <B>Fool on the Hill</B>, that was hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "inspired, a dazzling tour de force" and by New York magazine as "funky and fantastical." Alison Lurie recognized it as "the start of what should be a remarkable career," and now, with <B>Sewer, Gas & Electric</B>, Ruff makes good on Lurie's prediction, taking us headlong into the future on a madcap ride that is part Mad Max, part <B>Monkey Wrench Gang</B>, part Charles Dickens.
The year is 2023. High above the canyons of Manhattan, a crew of human and android steelworkers is approaching the halfway point in the construction of a new Tower of Babel. The Tower is the brainchild of billionaire Harry Gant, who is building it as a monument to humanity's power to dream. Meanwhile, on the streets (and below), a darker game is afoot: A Wall Street takeover artist has been murdered, and Harry's ex- wife, Joan Fine, has been hired to find out why. Accompanying her is philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand, resurrected from the dead by computer and bottled in a hurricane lamp to serve as Joan's unwilling assistant. While Rand vainly attempts to tutor her in "the virtue of selfishness," Joan discovers that the murder is the key to a much larger mystery, one in which millions of lives may hang in the balance.
The world of <B>Sewer, Gas & Electric</B> includes such characters as submarine eco-terrorist Philo Dufrense; his daughter, Seraphina, who lives in the walls of the New York Public Library; newspaper publisher Lexa Thatcher, whose Volkswagen Beetle is possessed by the spirit of Abbie Hoffman; and Meisterbrau, a mutant great white shark who swims in the sewer tunnels beneath Times Square -- all of whom, and many more besides, are caught up in a conspiracy involving Walt Disney, J. Edgar Hoover, and an army of homicidal robots.
<B>Sewer, Gas & Electric</B> is radical new fiction for a radical new era-Vonnegut steeped in the vibrant chaos of our popular culture, Tom Clancy hijacked at sea by Tom Robbins, <B>Dune's</B> Frank Herbert with a sense of humor. Only a writer of Matt Ruff's exuberant imagination and technical virtuosity could have pulled it off to such stunning and entertaining effect.
Matt Ruff is the author of Fool on the Hill. He lives in Philadelphia.
Customer Reviews:
All hip and no meat.......2006-07-11
This is a hipster book: it cloaks itself in words of profundity, what appear to be "big" concepts to those who think Ayn Rand is philosophy, and allusions to greats like Pynchon, but really it's a lengthy comic book acting out in linear fashion a convoluted but transparent premise, all designed to get you to buy into this guy's off-the-shelf "perspective" on the world. Ruff isn't a thinker, although he does a good job of embellishing this transparent plot, and this book isn't designed to bring you new information as much as gather around those who already agree. It reminds me a lot of T. Coraghessen Boyle, who writes rambling "funny" (not really) books that try through intricacy to obscure the literal political commentary that they are, but fail. This book does so similarly. It's smarmily clever, yet despite all its attempts to appear profound, shallow as a recent puddle. Even for those who like postmodern literature it's hard to argue this book brings learning, or experience, or even a good read to the table. Avoid.
Zany fun romp.......2005-04-19
Folks expecting a discourse on Objectivism will be disappointed, but this is a fun zany book nonetheless. The sheer imagination of the author is amusing, as you try to decode how all the subplots are going to come together. By the last third of the book, however, the novely wears off, but the author picks up the pace and put in some interesting action to keep reader's interest, though much of the ending is a bit too convenient for my taste. Not an intellectual tour de force, but if you don't get too serious, it will pay you back handsomely in fun.
SG&E- a Great Read.......2002-12-31
Brilliant! Genocide, electronic slaves, eco-crusaders, the politics of power, social responsibility...how do you construct a novel with all these elements without frightening or boring your reader to death? Matt Ruff knows: a true artist. He extends reality to the point of what is seemingly fantastic; but, is it really? Probably not; however, the flow of Ruff's lyrical writing style and excellent comic relief empowers the reader with a sense of hope. All I can say is... WOW!!! This is a must for anyone's personal library. A rating under 4 doesn't do this book justice. I've given it a 5.
PS: FOTH is a very different book but another great example of Ruff's amazing talent.
update: 6/20/06
I originally wrote my review in 2002 and just realized this book is no longer available on Amazon. Although I still have my old copy, I wanted another clean, unhandled copy for safekeeping. This was an amazing book and I simply can't understand why everyone does not have a copy of it.
Getting people to laugh at Ayn Rand requires no skill........2002-12-01
It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
With a Kalashnikov.
More than once.
Think about it. How many of these Amazon[.com] reviewers, in the limited time and space available to tell the world what they thought of this book, chose to highlight the fact that it makes fun of Ayn Rand? If this book was so great, or so funny, you'd think they'd have found something *original* to say about it. Oh, wanting the book to be original...must have been reading too much Ayn Rand, ha ha.
Go back a few years, to _The Fountainhead_, and read Ellsworth Toohey's views on humor.
I didn't think the book was funny.
Thought provoking and clever.......2002-09-25
This novel defies classification. It is part SF, part satire, but all very readable and enjoyable. It is thought-provoking but doesn't beg to be taken seriously, and certainly not literally.
For the objectivists in the crowd, I recommend it for those who thought *Atlas Shrugged* was gospel when they read it in college, but who are now ready to begin questioning Ayn Rand's philosophy.
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Alcantarillado, Gas Y Electricidad/sewer Systems, Gas And Electricity
Matt Ruff
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Set This House in Order
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Fool on the Hill. Roman.
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