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Mmmmm. Familiar, comfortable Vandermeer.

Huh, I guess the whole book is going to have this dreamlike quality to it

The dreams are indeed very dreamlike

'The hum of the wheel'

'The hum of the wheel'

A stroll through a meadow.

'The meadow and the honey pattern'

1/5

'Dress circle'

2/5

'This is the way I die'

The way King Rat speaks is very distinct and reminds me a bit of Goss from Miéville's layer novel 'Kraken'.

I can see that this is Miéville's first published novel. It's definitely less refined than the bulk of his work, but absolutely full of the furvor that makes his writing great.

I'm not one for steam punk-esq although history, but setting that aside thus pulp story had some fine characterisation

The War of Scarab Aggression

An enjoyable story of the adolescence of the first AI. I'm not quite sure about the ending, but it was still a good read.

Ready for Takeoff

A story not of the saviours of the world but of those helplessly hoping they succeed. A sentient asteroid creature heads for Earth and needs to be talked into changing its course. A very human story.

Background Noise

Dustbowl apocalypse with a zombie twist. The ending was regrettably flat.

No Tears to Spare

No Tears to Spare

A silly and strange quantum existence. The viewpoint of a young child worked well enough to gloss over the detail.

Ripples

A quantum rift AND a terrorist cell. Could have done with more room to breathe but still alright.

Quantum Crisis

A small story, inverted, about stopping the destruction of a person but not earth itself.