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Tag Archives: bad monkeys
A quick and dirty guide to the Matt Ruff oeuvre, or, what to read after you’ve read Lovecraft Country
I’ve gotten a number of requests from readers who’ve finished Lovecraft Country and want to know which of my novels they should try next. Because my books are so different from one another, this is always a tough question to … Continue reading
Also on sale this week…
In addition to 88 Names, this week brings a brand new audiobook edition of my 2008 novel Bad Monkeys, narrated by Gary Tiedemann, Emily Woo Zeller, and Greg Tremblay. You can find it in these online stores: Apple • Audible … Continue reading
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The Drax Files Radio Hour
For those of you who missed the livestream, the recording of my appearance on the Drax Files Radio Hour in VR is now up on YouTube. (Note: The show starts at the 5 minute mark, and due to a … Continue reading
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Ask Me Anything on February 14
On Tuesday, February 14, the same day the Lovecraft Country trade paperback goes on sale, I’ll be doing an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit. The AMA starts at noon EST (the page will open for questions about an hour … Continue reading
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Styxxoplix and Scary Clowns
On Friday I did a call-in interview with the Styxxoplix Show in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You can listen to it here, or catch it on WELT 95.7 FM in Fort Wayne tonight at 6. One of the many subjects we … Continue reading
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#slatepitches
For those of you seeking a distraction from the election coverage, Slate Book Review just posted “The Funniest Living Writers Choose the Funniest Books in the World.” It’s a literary daisy chain: They asked Maria Semple, whose novel Today Will … Continue reading
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Margot Robbie to star in adaptation of “Bad Monkeys”
Some great news that I’ve been sitting on for months finally went public last night: Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to Bad Monkeys, with Margot Robbie set to both produce and star in the film. I am incredibly psyched. … Continue reading
The Bad Monkeys movie & TV rights are back on the market
That kitchen-timer ding you may have heard from the direction of L.A. last month was the sound of the existing Bad Monkeys television option expiring. The film and TV rights have now reverted to me and are once again available. … Continue reading
Goodbye 2012
Paul Constant, who is nominally the Books Editor for the Seattle Stranger — though lately his duties seem to have expanded to writing half the content of the paper — invited me to contribute to the annual Regrets Issue, in … Continue reading
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