false 4703581 12 When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borlú must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other. It is a journey as psychic as it is physical, a shift in perception, a seeing of the unseen, a journey to Beszel’s equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the rich and vibrant city of Ul Qoma. 4767909 book 26 5 2009 The City & the City total:663|5:136|4:314|3:156|2:42|1:15| 663 2503 1794 274 5 18 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 18:38:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 07:52:07 -0700 2009 The City and The City, China Miéville's strange and wonderful homage to the mystery genre and his mother.

It is because while The City and The City is both of those things, it is also -- and more powerfully -- a love letter to his fans and an ...more...]]> 3 5 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 10:24:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 08:00:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 10 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 21:05:11 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 18:29:26 -0700 2009
AND ON TO THE NOW--finished. (And cut all that personal malarkey.) I believe I've posted the occasional snotty aside about the fantasy genre here, ma...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 10 20:56:45 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 03 13:35:59 -0700 2009 really doesn't make me think of China Miéville. The UK editon looks much better.

(Although it does kinda grow on you, so I'll stop complaining)

Obvious fact #1: China Miéville likes cities. A lot. Urban geography, borde...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 05:24:10 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 05:20:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 08:51:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 09:02:30 -0700 2009
That being said, I'd recommend this book to p...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 09:02:16 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 09:14:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 04:56:30 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 05:05:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 17:26:50 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 17:32:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false true Thu Sep 03 16:17:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 17:35:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:04:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:23:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:40:03 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:44:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Aug 06 08:28:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 08:40:46 -0700 2009 If it were possible, I would probably give this book 4 1/2 stars. I thought this book was great, but the ending was disappointing.
Mieville writes sci fi/ fantasy (it's a matter of debate as to how much he's sci fi and how ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 15:25:49 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:31:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 07:14:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 07:35:21 -0700 2009 Although this book is often shelved as science fiction or fantasy, there really are no out-of-the-ordinary elements to the work (except, of course, that it takes place in a city that doesn't really exist). Even so, however, there's an overwhelming sense of weird to the novel that appeals to many spe...

more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 15:44:08 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 16:01:22 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 20:54:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 21:18:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 18:44:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 18:56:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 13:37:04 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 13:37:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 01:10:13 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 01:20:55 -0700 2009 Niall Harrison, Dan Hartland, and Adam Roberts; I’ll be referring to them a few times in this review.) Two things you can almost guarantee of a China Miéville novel are that it will have an urban setting, and that it will play games (albeit probabl...more...]]>