A review by jsmithborne
The Mirage by Matt Ruff

3.0

Mostly enjoyed the way Ruff managed to flip the world around--the details about the superpower UAS and the divided backward countries of the North American continent were really cool. Makes you think about how nothing was inevitable about how the world has sorted itself out so far. [a:Matt Ruff|40577|Matt Ruff|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1201179598p2/40577.jpg] is one of the best when it comes to bending your brain, but this book didn't rock me the way [b:Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls|71847|Set This House in Order A Romance of Souls|Matt Ruff|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170793917s/71847.jpg|2204766] and [b:Bad Monkeys|71845|Bad Monkeys|Matt Ruff|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300479869s/71845.jpg|69564] did. I found it kind of odd that after explicitly naming every single middle eastern figure of importance, he played coy with the american names.