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Catching those readers.1 comment

SaintAsh wrote 1 week ago: Today while discussing China Mieville with a friend, she pointed out that a lot of readers have trou … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Books, Fantasy, Novels, Literature, Stories, Fiction, writing, Creative Writing

Transition by Iain Banks3 comments

hecallaghan wrote 3 weeks ago: I wonder if it’s a function of the clocks going back, but I was pretty much dazed all day. Wor … more →

Tags: Sleepwalker, T Party, Iain Banks, Audrey Niffenegger, Authors

Author You Should Get Into: China Miéville

Oden wrote 4 weeks ago: China Miéville has quickly turned into one of my very favorite authors. I have enjoyed his books so … more →

Tags: Authors

Required Reading: The City and the City

gradland wrote 1 month ago: China Mieville had me at hello.  Or, rather, he had me at the opening lines of The Scar: “A mi … more →

Tags: The City and The City, Ursula K. LeGuin

China Miéville and Urban Fantasy

TGW wrote 1 month ago: When one thinks of London-set contemporary fantasy, the first book that springs to mind is inevitabl … more →

Tags: London, psychogeography, Literature, perdido street station, The Scar, Iron Council, King Rat, Un Lun Dun, The City and The City

alien locomotion

foreigntrains wrote 1 month ago: I don’t know how many train enthusiasts will find their way to this site based on its title, b … more →

Tags: Fantasy, Site Notes

10 Reasons why you shouldn't read this blog1 comment

grumphy wrote 1 month ago: Well, there are many things I could say here … but this is an honest appraisal of my chances o … more →

Tags: NaNoWriMo, writing, Fantasy Writing

and he points to his survival, and he points me down the road

Professor Coldheart wrote 1 month ago: Perdido Street Station: Weird, original and engrossing; a blend of Cronenberg and Dickens. China Mie … more →

Tags: Books, John Varley, perdido street station, Sci-Fi, Steampunk, transhumanism

China Mieville Going Downhill (in my opinion)

whitleyrr wrote 1 month ago: So, I just finished China Mieville’s much hyped Iron Council.  Ehhh.  He has such good ideas, … more →

Tags: genre fiction, M. Scott Harrison, Steampunk, New Weird, Neal Stephenson, Science Fiction

The first page of Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

Ari Collins wrote 1 month ago: Veldt to scrub to fields to farms to these first tumbling houses that rise from the earth. It has be … more →

Tags: ari collins, perdido street station, Good Shit

King Rat (China Miéville)

kalafudra wrote 1 month ago: King Rat is China Miéville’s first novel. Plot: Saul returns to the home he shares with his fa … more →

Tags: Books, King Rat

Gardens of the Moon - and other fantasy books

reddingmineshaft wrote 2 months ago: Today we’re going to talk about books again. Although I’m an English student, I’m … more →

Tags: Fiction, Malazan Book of the Fallen, Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson, A Song of Ice and Fire, george r r martin, Glen Cook, Black Company, the Wheel of Time

a literary confession3 comments

elizaw wrote 2 months ago: I have never read anything by China Mieville. He’s been recommended to me for years, actually. … more →

Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, book, Reading, Steampunk

Perdido Street Station

shawjonathan wrote 2 months ago: China Mieville, Perdido Street Station (Pan Macmillan 2000) Kim Stanley Robinson (you know who he is … more →

Tags: Books, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Novel

Are you up to the challenge?2 comments

Ben Godby wrote 2 months ago: Ever since I’ve taken an interest in short, genre fiction, I feel like every second editorial … more →

Tags: Opinion, Fantasy, speculative fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction, genre fiction, Jeff Vandermeer, twilight, zines

Which comes first: the story or the world?6 comments

kshayes513 wrote 2 months ago: Do you start with a situation and some characters, and build a world in which those characters could … more →

Tags: Khasran, Origins, Master Patterns, Holiday Story, Worldbuilding Advice, Tolkien, Fundamentals

Review: The City and The City by China Miéville1 comment

mentatjack wrote 2 months ago: Some Pre-Review Thoughts I was listening to an interview with Jay Lake and he mentioned that his Tri … more →

Tags: Review, book, Urban Fantasy, Tim Pratt, Noir, Jeff Vandermeer, Jay Lake, New Weird, GEORGE ORWELL

Reads in Progress: The Video Series

mentatjack wrote 2 months ago: I haven’t posted a review in a while. That would be because I haven’t finished reading a … more →

Tags: Misc, Neal Stephenson, RIP, Video

Words Move Me

mentatjack wrote 2 months ago: Slick but limited, Sony’s new quote sharing utility, Words Move Me is a VERY neat concept. The … more →

Tags: Misc, Marketing, Quotes, Sony, twitter


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