T.j.
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Matt Ruff:
Yay! I've been a fan since Fool on the Hill came out in paperback! Do you ever see yourself doing a sequel of that or anything else?
Matt Ruff
While I am considering the possibility of a Lovecraft Country sequel (see previous question), I don’t currently have any interest in writing sequels to any of my other novels, and I doubt that will change. I understand the desire to go back and revisit old imaginary friends and see what they are up to now, but in general I feel that good sequels require a better justification than nostalgia. In the case of Fool on the Hill, there’s also the fact that at age 54, I’m a very different person than I was when I was in college, and an attempt to recreate the youthful spirit that animated that novel and made it so special to people would probably end in disappointment. Better to leave it be.
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Mark Power-Freeman
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Matt Ruff:
Hi, Matt! I've long been curious about the Ruby arc. How did you find the courage to take her story in that direction? It very easily could be taken the wrong way, even though I think you did an *excellent* job of laying out her motivations for doing what she did.
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