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China Miéville

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in Norwich, England, The United Kingdom

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http://chinamieville.net/

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Weird Fiction

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J.G. Ballard, Michael de Larrabeiti, Thomas Disch, William Durbin, Joh ...more

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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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Snakes the writhings of which were just a little inadequately wild, a little too like letters, as if they wrote you messages, but more quickly than you could read.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 426,131 ratings · 42,847 reviews · 160 distinct works • Similar authors

	The City & the City 3.90 avg rating — 76,906 ratings — published 2009 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,441 ratings — published 2000 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 34,317 ratings — published 2002 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embassytown 3.90 avg rating — 34,136 ratings — published 2011 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kraken 3.62 avg rating — 28,435 ratings — published 2010 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un Lun Dun 3.83 avg rating — 19,370 ratings — published 2007 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iron Council (New Crobuzon, #3) 3.73 avg rating — 16,644 ratings — published 2004 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	This Census-Taker 3.34 avg rating — 8,148 ratings — published 2016 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.”
― China Miéville, King Rat

tags: challenge, trap

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“Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not.”
― China Miéville, The City & the City

tags: books, ideas, stories

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“Word spread because word will spread. Stories and secrets fight, stories win, shed new secrets, which new stories fight, and on.”
― China Miéville, Embassytown

tags: gossip, secrets, stories

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FEBRUARY FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will go on to the run off poll for the February 2015 Fantasy BOTM.

Kraken by China Miéville

20 votes, 22.0%

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

16 votes, 17.6%

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

13 votes, 14.3%

Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler

11 votes, 12.1%

The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers

9 votes, 9.9%

Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

9 votes, 9.9%

The Incrementalists by Steven Brust

7 votes, 7.7%

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

6 votes, 6.6%

91 total votes

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