![]() ![]() The real-life Green Book ceased publication in the mid-1960s, not long after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. ![]() I’m not talking about plot I’m talking about theme, a unifying idea that would help me choose among the many possible paths the narrative could take.Ī central fixture of Lovecraft Country is The Safe Negro Travel Guide, my fictional version of The Negro Motorist Green Book. One of the most important questions I had to answer in returning to the world of Lovecraft Country was what the new novel would actually be about. I really fell in love with the characters, and even before I finished the first book, I knew there were more stories I wanted to tell about them. ![]() Typically, one volume is all I need to say everything I have to say about a particular subject. Over the course of my career, I’ve written in a wide variety of genres, but I’ve never published a sequel before. Follow along in his Big Idea as he tells what led him to write a continuation of Lovecraft Country. New York Times bestselling author Matt Ruff is back with his first ever sequel, The Destroyer of Worlds. ![]()
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