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Lovecraft Country
A Novel
2016
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Now an HBO® Series from J.J. Abrams (Executive Producer of Westworld), Misha Green (Creator of Underground) and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out)The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds 1950s historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army ve...
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or Free with Kobo PlusThe Destroyer of Worlds
A Return to Lovecraft Country
2023
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“Another virtuoso blend of horror, action, and humor. . . . Fans will find this a worthy sequel.”—Publishers WeeklyIn this thrilling African American family saga, a blend of enthralling historical fiction and supernatural horror, Matt Ruff returns to the world of Lovecraft Country and explores the meaning of death, the hold of the past on the present, and the power of hope in the face of uncertainty.Summer, 1957. Atticus Turner and his father, Montrose, travel to North Caro...
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- The Public Works Trilogy
2007
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A satire of a surreal technocratic future by the national-bestselling author of Lovecraft Country: "Dizzyingly readable" (Thomas Pynchon).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...
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A Novel
2009
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“Bad Monkeys has wit and imagination by the bucketload. . . . Buy it, read it, memorize then destroy it. There are eyes everywhere.”—Chris Moore, bestselling author of A Dirty Job and LambJane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. 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. This confession earns Jane a trip to the ja...
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Fool on the Hill
A Novel
2012
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From the author of Lovecraft Country: Myth and reality collide on a college campus "in a comic fantasy of wonderful energy, invention, and generosity of spirit" (Alison Lurie).Stephen Titus George is a young writer-in-residence at Cornell University in upstate New York. A bestselling author in search of a new story, he sees his life as a modern-day fairy tale starring himself as a would-be knight trying to woo a lovely maiden—or, actually, two: the bewitch...
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A Romance of Souls
2009
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"This story of a man who suffers from multiple personality disorder is a masterful blend of horror and romance" ( Guardian, UK).Not long after Andy Gage was born, his stepfather subjected him to a level of torture and abuse that killing his soul—which broke in pieces. Those pieces then became souls in their own right, co-inheritors of Andy's life.Now, and Andy navigates the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary house insid...
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A Novel
2020
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The critically acclaimed author of Lovecraft Country returns with a thrilling and immersive virtual reality epic—part cyberthriller, part twisted romantic comedy—that transports you to a world where identity is fluid and nothing can be taken at face value.John Chu is a “sherpa”—a paid guide to online role-playing games like the popular Call to Wizardry. For a fee, he and his crew will provide you with a top-flight character equipped with the best weapons a...
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Lovecraft Country
Now a Major HBO Series
2017
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The New York Times bestselling book behind the HBO Series from J.J. Abrams, Misha Green and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out).A blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism – the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.Journey into the depths of Lovecr...
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2012
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Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. During questioning, she tells the police that she is a member of a secret organisation. Her division, the Bad Monkeys, is an execution squad, determined to rid the world of evil people. But the man she has just killed was not on the target list. As her story becomes more bizarre the question becomes: Is Jane lying, crazy - or playing a different game altogether?
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The Destroyer of Worlds
A Return to Lovecraft Country
- Narrated by
- Kevin Kenerly
Unabridged
9 hours 6 min
2023
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“Another virtuoso blend of horror, action, and humor. . . . Fans will find this a worthy sequel.”—Publishers WeeklyIn this thrilling adventure, a blend of enthralling historical fiction and fantastical horror, Matt Ruff returns to the world of Lovecraft Country and explores the meaning of death, the hold of the past on the present, and the power of hope in the face of uncertainty.Summer, 1957. Atticus Turner and his father...
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- Narrated by
- Kevin Kenerly
Unabridged
12 hours 13 min
2019
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Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George – publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide – and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite – heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors – they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales G...
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