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Iron Council

January 22, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: A railroad sets out from New Crobuzon and goes rogue, setting off across the continent in pursuit of an ideal of freedom. Time passes and the train turns to myth – but with war tearing apart New Crobuzon from within and without, a small band of adventurers sets out to bring the train home. The Iron Council is needed… The Review: I don’t know why I’m so ambivalent about this book. On the surface, it should deliver […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Bas-Lag, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Cartography, China Miéville, Fantasy, Fiction, Iron Council, New Crobuzon, Politics, Reviews, Revolution, Trains, Travel, Weird, Weird Fiction

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Looking for Jake and Other Stories

December 24, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Rogue streets that fight each other, creatures from the edge of consciousness, apocalypses of various forms, and a socialist Christmas are just some of the strange delights in China Miéville’s first collection. The Review: Pound for pound, there are few authors more inventive than China Miéville. I could (and have, many times) go on about the ways in which he’s impressed me previously… but seeing as short stories are often a great way to get introduced to a writer, let’s […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Sci-Fi • Tags: Bas-Lag, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, China Miéville, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Looking for Jake, Looking for Jake and Other Stories, Mystery, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Short Stories, Thriller, Weird, Weird Fiction

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The Scar

August 17, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: Bellis Coldwine escapes New Crobuzon on a boat bound for the colonies to the East – but when the ship is turned around and then captured by pirates, she’s left without a plan. Still, Armada (the near-mythic floating city of ships) might provide her with a chance to get home – but the rulers of the city have a plan of their own: to find a rent in the very fabric of the world known as the Scar… […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: Adventure, Bas-Lag, China Miéville, Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Multiverse Theory, Oceans, Pirates, Probability Theory, Seafaring, The Scar, Weird, Weird Fiction

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Perdido Street Station

April 7, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: A stranger arrives in the city-state of New Crobuzon with a seemingly impossible request. And what begins as an ordinary scientist’s experiment unexpectedly (when he receives some contraband) swings into a terror that threatens to consume the entire city – a terror that invades your dreams on giant wings… The Review: I’m on record as being a big Miéville fan – but his Bas-Lag sequence has been touted as his sprawling masterwork, a titanic trilogy that (in its […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature • Tags: 5+, Bas-Lag, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, China Miéville, Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Metaphysics, New Crobuzon, Perdido Street Station, Physics, Politics, Reviews, Science, Weird, Weird Fiction

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