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Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy
Sewer Gas and Electric The Public Works Trilogy
Author: Matt Ruff
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 gam...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780446606424
ISBN-10: 0446606421
Publication Date: 9/1/1998
Pages: 576
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 19 ratings
Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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reviewed Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
"At the helm: the talking, holographic head of Ayn Rand in a hurricane lamp..." -- from the back cover

A very odd, very good book. Ring-tailed lemus? Check. Mutant great white shark? Check. Tower of Babel? Being built... Figuring out what these things have to do with each other? A lot of fun.

Also, despite the title, this isn't a trilogy. In some ways similar in oddity to the Illuminatus Trilogy, but to me, easier to understand.
reviewed Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Quite amusing. A quick read. The author has some very interesting ideas and the book is fun to read.
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An innovative/creative SciFi "trilogy" by a very promising young fantasy/SciFi writer, Matt Ruff. Ruff brings together a talking holographic head of Ayn Rand in a hurricane Lamp, a great white shark named Meisterbrau, eco-pirate Philo Dufrense, and Harry Gant who is building a new Tower of Babel 500 stories above Manhatten.
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