Comments on: Review: Un Lun Dun by China Miéville

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In the Mail: Saturday 23rd January Bumper Edition – NextRead — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:13:19 +0000

[...] has been having some excellent reviews. The City & The City is having mixed ones but I liked Un Lun Dun and haven’t read any of his other works so haven’t formed an opinion yet. The King of [...]

By: Knight Gold

Knight Gold — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:49:53 +0000

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By: NextRead » Promo: The City & The City by China Mieville (Macmillan)

NextRead » Promo: The City & The City by China Mieville (Macmillan) — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:04:01 +0000

[...] Last year I read and enjoyed, Un Lun Dun, which I said, ‘Miéville’s fertile and playful imagination along with a strong storytelling skills has created a modern fairy tale for young adults’ I have bought and loaded the Sony Reader with Perdido Street Station, though at 880 pages it’s a big task for me so I’ve not started it, yet. [...]

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NextRead » Lists — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:03:46 +0000

[...] loved Un Lun Dun. I’m looking forward to finally reading Heart-Shaped Box after one if it’s characters [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:06:27 +0000

Heard lots of good stuff about this book and China Mieville in general. Thankfully I have this in my stack

By: gav

gav — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:27:31 +0000

Mine too – I’ve probably said this loads of times before but you can’t beat Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom series as he only delves into the world enough to tell the story and to keep you reading. And even though he’s talking a lot about Death he doesn’t linger at it and he has a strong female lead characters. I’d also choose the The Hobit over LoTR anyday.

I have got ‘The Book of Lost Things’ I’ve been saving it but I’m not sure why. I think it’s because I feel guilty about not having read more his Charlie Parker books. Have you read it?

By: jem

jem — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:24:03 +0000

I like the sound of this. ‘Modern fairy tale’ is probably what sold it to me. Theres a bit of the child in me that never quite grew out of this kind of story. And in some way I prefer to read novels like this that are aimed in part for a younger adult audience, as I find they take themselved less seriously that hardcore fantasy aimed at adults. ‘The Book of Lost Things’ (John Connolly) comes to mind when I read this review – have you read that?