China Miéville
author profile
born
September 06, 1972
gender
male
place of birth
Norwich, England, The United Kingdom
genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Weird Fiction
influences
J.G. Ballard, Michael de Larrabeiti, Thomas Disch, William Durbin, John Ehle, Jane Gaskell, Zane Grey, M. John Harrison, H. P. Lovecraft, Michael Moorcock, Mervyn Peake, Tim Powers, T. F. Powys, Ousmane Sembène, Frank Spearman, Frank H. Spearman, Gene Wolfe
about this author
A British "fantastic fiction" writer. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" (after early 20th century pulp and horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird who consciously attempt to move fantasy away from commercial, genre clichés of Tolkien epigons. He is also active in left-wing politics as a member of the Socialist Workers Party. He has stood for the House of Commons for the Socialist Alliance, and published a book on Marxism and international law.
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Perdido Street Station by China Miéville avg rating 4.06 — 2,787 ratings — published 2000 22 editions |
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The Scar by China Miéville avg rating 4.16 — 1,621 ratings — published 2002 14 editions |
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Un Lun Dun by China Miéville avg rating 3.80 — 1,295 ratings — published 2007 15 editions |
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Iron Council by China Miéville avg rating 3.69 — 982 ratings — published 2004 10 editions |
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King Rat by China Miéville avg rating 3.43 — 693 ratings — published 1998 10 editions |
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The City & The City by China Miéville avg rating 3.78 — 491 ratings — published 2009 12 editions |
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Looking for Jake: Stories by China Miéville avg rating 3.71 — 370 ratings — published 2005 9 editions |
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The Tain by China Miéville avg rating 4.03 — 36 ratings — published 2002 3 editions |
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Between Equal Rights: A Marxist Theory of International Law (Historical Materialism Book Series) by China Miéville avg rating 4.27 — 11 ratings — published 2004 3 editions |
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Leviathan by China Miéville avg rating 3.20 — 5 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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June 2009,
China Miéville
"I was interested in steeping myself in both Eastern and Mid-European writing, and classic crime fiction. I was focused a lot on fidelity to the paradigm, so no "cheating," no last-minute evidence, no characters appearing at the last second, and so on. I wanted a fan of the genre to feel I'd played fair. " ...More
"I was interested in steeping myself in both Eastern and Mid-European writing, and classic crime fiction. I was focused a lot on fidelity to the paradigm, so no "cheating," no last-minute evidence, no characters appearing at the last second, and so on. I wanted a fan of the genre to feel I'd played fair. " ...More
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"It had become a chimney poking from a vertical universe of bookshelves.
There was motion below her. There were people on the shelves.
They clung to the edges of the cases and moved across them in expert scuttles. They wore ropes and hooks and carried picks on which they sometimes hung. Dangling from straps they carried notebooks, pens, magnifying glasses, ink pads, and stamps.
The men and women took books from the shelves as they went, checked their details, leaning against their ropes, replaced them, pulled out little pads and made notes, sometimes carried the books with them to another place and reshelved it there.
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"I'm Margarita Staples." She bowed in her harness. 'Extreme librarian. Bookaneer.' "
— China Miéville
There was motion below her. There were people on the shelves.
They clung to the edges of the cases and moved across them in expert scuttles. They wore ropes and hooks and carried picks on which they sometimes hung. Dangling from straps they carried notebooks, pens, magnifying glasses, ink pads, and stamps.
The men and women took books from the shelves as they went, checked their details, leaning against their ropes, replaced them, pulled out little pads and made notes, sometimes carried the books with them to another place and reshelved it there.
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"I'm Margarita Staples." She bowed in her harness. 'Extreme librarian. Bookaneer.' "
— China Miéville
"Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and horror haven't grown out of enjoying the strange and weird. "
— China Miéville
— China Miéville
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| Witches, Weres, a...: Steampunk | 11 | 51 | May 25, 2009 05:24AM | |
| You'll love this ...: Oh My GOSH. China Mieville, how I love thee let me count the ways! | 1 | 31 | Jun 09, 2009 10:07PM |
