false 68496 18 2959401 book 13 2 2007 Un Lun Dun total:1593|5:439|4:606|3:374|2:129|1:45| 1593 6044 2608 418 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 2 16 false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 19 08:41:48 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:15:51 -0700 2008
My specific gripes with the first third are that it's clichéd, the characters lack distinction, and it falls into th...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 7 false Wed Sep 05 11:06:57 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:00:17 -0800 2009
Kudos to Mieville for taking ...more...]]> 1861938 0345458443 9780345458445 138 28 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189369311m/1861938.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1861938.Un_Lun_Dun 2 3 false Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 20:27:14 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 15:06:55 -0700 2008 Neverwhere (and Miéville does indeed credit Neil Gaiman in the intro), this is one of those books that’s packed with cleverness—and really, really aware of it. I like some of Miéville’s attempts to turn the typical quest-y fantasy on its ear—The Chosen One turns out to b...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 2 3 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 13 11:15:31 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 10:50:02 -0700 2007 Neverwhere. I'll admit that I stopped reading after 115 pages.

I read several glowing reviews of this, saying it was going to rescue us in this, the time of no-more-harry-potter. And lookee! It has female protagonists! But no. A typical adventure/sci-fi premise: someone from...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 4 false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 09:31:22 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:29:42 -0700 2008
I have written many times (more than I can count, certainly) about the dangers of message fiction. Chief among them is that the author gets so wrapped up in the message that he forgets he's first and foremost supposed to tell a story. When I r...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 2 false Thu Jun 05 07:37:01 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 11:47:24 -0700 2008
Here's my review from my paper:

Those who have read some of China Miéville's adult science fiction works may be surprised by the playfulness of this long middle-grade book. The story...more...]]> 1861938 0345458443 9780345458445 138 28 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189369311m/1861938.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1861938.Un_Lun_Dun 4 2 false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 10:51:56 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 09:38:13 -0700 2008
Short plot outline (which do...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 4 2 false Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 06:45:48 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 06:47:10 -0700 2008 Schwazzy and mysterious graffiti seems to imply that young Zannah is a mysterious savior-in-waiting. There's a mysterious world, unknown to most people, and only she can save them!

This is pretty m...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 4 2 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 27 05:36:53 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:51:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 4 1 false Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 12:02:45 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 12:02:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1861938 0345458443 9780345458445 138 28 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189369311m/1861938.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1861938.Un_Lun_Dun 3 1 true Thu Feb 21 18:34:23 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 19:36:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 3 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 02 16:18:40 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 30 16:05:05 -0800 2008 The Phantom Tollbooth. Zanna and Deeba, two young friends, are abruptly transported from London to UNlondon, where the obsolete and unwanted bits of London go. There, they fight their way across the city, through menacing trash piles and piratical insects, to reach the Prophes...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 3 1 false Wed Aug 08 21:07:59 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 21:24:03 -0700 2007
Un Lun Dun was a fun read, but a ...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 1 false Tue May 15 08:18:10 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:28:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 09:40:28 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:41:59 -0800 2009 Kiki Strike In the Shadow City), some that make me cackle with insurrection (Trickster's Queen), some that make my heart race with the adrenaline of music and new love (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist). Un Lun D...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 20:09:43 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:18:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 17:41:34 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:39:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 5 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 09:14:41 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:11:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1861938 0345458443 9780345458445 138 28 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189369311m/1861938.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1861938.Un_Lun_Dun 3 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:30:43 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 19:39:25 -0800 2009 1
And yet..

He's so frigging CLEVER. You'll be reading along, and getting ...more...]]> 68496 0345495160 9780345495167 1356 366 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692699m/68496.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68496.Un_Lun_Dun 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 02 09:38:40 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 09:38:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3494702