![]() ![]() Spaz takes on the name Ryter, continuing the original Ryter's work, writing The Last Book in the Universe. The story ends with Lanaya sending Spaz a message about things getting better in Eden and how she believes they can fix everything in time. Billy Bizmo reveals to Spaz that he is his biological father and that his mother died at Spaz's birth. Before his death, Ryter tells Spaz that he is the last book in the universe. This triggers an epileptic seizure for Spaz. Bean is deposited at her home, and Ryter and Spaz are returned to their latch.īack at Spaz's home latch, Ryter is blamed for the deactivation of the mind probes and is killed by jetbikes. As a result, all the mind probes throughout the Urb are deactivated, causing rioting and anarchy outside Eden. Lanaya reveals to the elders that the mind probes, which come from Eden, cause too much damage to the people who use them in the Urb. The elders disregard Bean's high intelligence and still discriminate against non-proovs. Little Face is secretly adopted by Lanaya's contributors. Ryter, Spaz and Bean are then thrown out of Eden because the elders who rule over Eden decide they are unacceptable. Ryter, Spaz, and Little Face enjoy the paradise of Eden. They take Bean to a proov hospital called the Primary and she is cured of her sickness using gene therapy. To assume this title, she has rights and privileges that other proovs do not, which are called "learning opportunities". They ride along in Lanaya's takvee to her "contributors" (parents), Jin and Bree's home, which is a castle in Eden.Īt this point in the novel, it is brought to attention that Lanaya is a special proov who has been bred to eventually become a Master of Eden. ![]() Lanaya and Ryter decide to take Bean to Eden, along with Spaz and Little Face. The group starts traveling towards the latch where Bean lives and eventually find her as well. ![]() Lanaya is rescued by Spaz and Ryter, and she joins them on their journey. In the next latch, the group sees everything burning and finds Lanaya being attacked by very hungry people. The trio starts by traveling through "the Pipe," a large, rusted-out water pipe that leads to other latches. Ryter and Little Face accompany Spaz on a journey to find Bean. Eventually, Spaz learns that Bean, his beloved adoptive sister, is dying of leukemia. Ryter understands Spaz's situation and does his best to help him, offering no resistance when Spaz attempts to steal his belongings. Spaz also meets Lanaya, a proov, who charitably gives out "edibles" (food) to Spaz. Spaz soon meets Little Face, a five-year-old orphan who only says the word chox, because he didn't learn how to speak and Spaz first gave him choxbars to eat. On one of his errands, Spaz is sent to "rip-off" (steal from) Ryter, a very old man who possesses the lost arts of literacy and literature. Spaz runs errands for Billy Bizmo, the latch-boss (leader) of his gang, the "Bully Bangers," in a section of the Urb. Spaz is a teenage boy who cannot use mind probes because of his epilepsy, causing his family to abandon him. The Urb is split up into sections called "latches." Each latch is controlled by a gang. Eden is separated from the Urb by the "Forbidden Zone," a deadly and dangerous minefield. Genetically improved people, called proovs, (a play on improved) live in a city called Eden, with a beautiful society, food, and water. Mind probes are analogous to hard drugs and enable users to temporarily escape reality through images projected in the head. The story is set in a dystopian future city somewhere in the United States, called the Urb, which has been disturbed by an earthquake known as "The Big Shake." The Urb is plagued by poverty, thieves, gang warfare, and the use of mind probes. Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, its protagonist and narrator is a teenage boy named Spaz who suffers from epilepsy. The Last Book in the Universe is a 2000 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Rodman Philbrick. ![]()
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