Well there was a couple of days gap on the blog as I made a trip across the country from Cardiff, Wales to London, England. It’s not that bad a trip. One small train ride and then one longer fast-ish 2hrs 30min Great Western Train into Paddington before jumping on the tube. The reason for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China Miéville’
News: I was mentioned in The Times on Saturday!
It’s only a fleeting mention of my thoughts on China’s win in the Arthur C Clarke Awards 2010 but it’s lovely to see. It’s doubly pleasing following a mention in The Guardian. It’s also great to see Mark Chitty of Walker of Worlds getting credit too. A great start to a week. Thanks Chloe for pointing [...]
News: I'm quoted in today's Guardian Review!
It was quite a shock when Ian Sales sent me a message on Twitter today: @nextread did you know you’re quoted in today’s Guardian? As you would I rushed out and bought a copy. And here I am in The Week in Books section: It’s slightly out of context (as straight after the quote I [...]
Is it science? The City & The City by China Miéville Wins the Arthur C Clarke Award 2010
Congratulations to China Miéville winning the Arthur.C. Clarke Award 2010. The City & The City is a strong and worthy winner of the Awards but questions are being raised – is it science fiction? And this question I’ve been struggling with all day. I don’t know why it was today that I really questioned its place [...]
Green Review: Kraken by China Miéville (Macmillan)
Title: Kraken Author: China Miéville Pages: 400 Genre: Urban Fantasy (sort of) Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: 7 May in Hardback Publisher: Macmillan Synopsis Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: The City & The City by China Miéville (Pan)
Title: The City & The City Author: China Miéville Pages: 500 Genre: Fantasy Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Out Now in Paperback Publisher: Pan Synopsis When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Bes?el, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector [...]
Review: Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
Title: Un Lun Dun Author: China Miéville Publisher: Pan Published: 5 Feb 2007 Price: £6.99 Review Copy I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started reading Un Lun Dun. All I knew about Miéville was that he was an imaginative and political writer who could be categorised as writing in the New Weird tradition [...]
