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Liked It “This is one AMAZING novel, especially in the light of the fact that it's not only both a parody of and a respectful nod to Ayn Rand and her (in my opinion downright atrocious) novels and essays, but manages to combine absurd humour and deeply relevant issues with apparent ease. |
Didn’t Like It “Bad Monkeys is one of my favorite books now, so I went back and read this one, but it was just so poorly written and uninteresting. I don't know why no one mentions that Ruff blatantly copies (maybe even to the point of "ripping off") Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! Trilogy, right down to the...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Bad Monkeys is one of my favorite books now, so I went back and read this one, but it was just so poorly written and uninteresting. I don't know why no one mentions that Ruff blatantly copies (maybe even to the point of "ripping off") Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! Trilogy, right down to the merry prankster-like activists who live in a submarine.”
David F wrote this review Friday, October 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The year is 2023. High above the canyons of Manhattan, a crew of humans and androi Steelworkers are approaching the half-way point in the construction of a new Tower of Babel. The tower is the brainchild of a billionaire, Harry Grant, 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 Wallstreet takeover artist has been murdered, and Joan (Harrys' ex-wife) has been hired to find out why. Accompanying her is Ayn Rand, resurrected from the dead by a computer and bottled in a hurricane lantern to save as Joans' unwilling assistant. Meanwhile Rand vainly attempts to tutor Joan in the "virtues of selfishness". Joan discovers that the murder is the key to a much larger mystery - one in which millions of other lives may hang in the balance of. The world of Sewer, Gas, Electric includes such characters as submanrine eco-terroist Phil Dufrense, his daughter, Seraphina who lives in the walls of the New York Public Library; newspaper editor Lexa Thatcher whos' VW is haunted by the spirt of Abbie Hoffman; and Meisterbrau a great white shark who swims in the sewer tunnels beneath Times Suare - plus many more who are caught up in a conspiracy involving Walt Disney, J. Edgar Hover and an army of homicidal robots.”
Wendy B wrote this review Wednesday, May 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is one AMAZING novel, especially in the light of the fact that it's not only both a parody of and a respectful nod to Ayn Rand and her (in my opinion downright atrocious) novels and essays, but manages to combine absurd humour and deeply relevant issues with apparent ease.
Jassu1979 wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
It's not Matt Ruff's best work to date, but it's certainly everything you could possibly look for in one of his novels.”
“This is one of my favorite books. It is sprawling but incredibly creative. It's a roller coaster ride with a terrific ending.”
Jon C wrote this review Monday, June 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“That was fun. A weired book, even more weired than Ruff's masterpiece "Fool on the hill". Sometimes all these crazy ideas feel a little bit overdosed.
benferrari wrote this review Saturday, March 24 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I like Fool on the Hill more, but this is also a good read.”
“A book that begins and ends with a giant mutant shark named Meisterbrau is fine by me. If you enjoyed Snow Crash it's written in a similar style. ”
zombrarian wrote this review Friday, October 27 2006. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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