@kdawson @kristiedegaris left The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville along with it, which is unsettling in its own ways.
@ardenthistorian.bsky.social »The Scar« (2002) by #ChinaMiéville is still my favorite Fantasy novel of this century, and one of the top entries in the genre of all time, imho.
Bellis Coldwine is a fabulous against the grain female protagonist. And I fancy, that themes and politics of Mievilles Bas-Lag novels are in your ball park.
Little orientation about the Anti-Tolkien-, Anti-Trilogy-Trilogy in my review of »Iron Council« (2004) from 2006.
LAUNISCHE ABER AUFRICHTIGE EMPFEHLUNGEN VON SELTSAMEN & VERWIRRENDEN FANTASY-BÜCHERN DER PHANTASTIK-SAISON 2005/2006 Rezensionen ursprünglich erschienen in »Magira – Jahrbuch zur Fantasy 2006«, lektoriert von Michael Scheuch und Hermann Ritter. Bonus-Texte zuerst erschienen in in »Magira – Jahrb...
Ich fass es nicht, was ich derzeit über Fehler stolpere.
»Niegeschichte. Science Fiction als Kunst- und Denkmaschine« (2019, Matthes & Seitz) von #DietmarDath
Bibliographische Angabe S. 915 zu #ChinaMiéville sacht, »Dieser Volkszähler« wäre 2018 im Junis {sic} Verlag, Hamburg erschienen, wo das Buch doch 2017 in der Liebeskind Verlagsbuchhandlung München erschien.
Und: Verweise von Namens-Index zu Bibliographie ab S. 909 sind alle um +1 falsch, weil der Seitenumbruch übersehen wurde.
Seufz.
@halbwach Für wen Gesetzte de facto gemacht werden, erkennt man daran, wer es sich leisten kann mehr Kohle dafür rauszuballen, die sie den eigenen Interessen dienen.
»Die chaotischer und blutige Welt um uns, ist die Herrschafts des Rechts.«
— Schlussatz von »Between Equal Rights« (2005) von #ChinaMiéville.
https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/book-series/between-equal-rights/
China Miéville This book critically examines existing theories of international law and makes the case for an alternative Marxist approach. China Miéville draws on the pioneering jurisprudence of Evgeny Pashukanis linking law to commodity exchange, and in turn uses international law to make better sense of Pashukanis. Miéville argues that despite its advances, the recent
el libro de otro lugar
¿Cómo te sentirías si, después de morir, volvieras a la vida un tiempo después, resurgiendo de una crisálida formada a partir de tus restos? Una y otra vez, durante más de 80.000 años. Recordando todas y cada una de tus ¿muertes? Recordando todas y cada una de tus ¿vidas? Recordando todo. Bueno, todo salvo los lapsos de tiempo donde pierdes el control y entras en una vorágine de violencia sin igual.
Esta es la premisa de el libro de otro lugar, una obra escrita por China Miéville […]
I'm sorry, I should explain.
My last line was NOT meant to be a #dig at #ChinaMiéville. It's meant to be a dig at how #BLOATED #fantasy and #sciencefiction became since the 1990s.
As a young adult, I got burned out by #RobertJordan's #WheelofTime, THEN made the mistake of starting #GeorgeMartin's #Asoiaf (a mistake I corrected by putting "A Clash of Kings" down halfway through).
In the 1970s, #MichaelMoorcock proved you could write epics in less than 200 pages. A lesson I wish wasn't lost.
Tonight I just finished reading "The Last Days of New Paris," by #ChinaMieville. Very surprising; I never thought I'd ever even START reading another book by Mieville, let alone finish it.
I've struggled with the work of this author, quite a bit. I started Perdido Street Station several times, never finished it once. I did finish "The Scar" and "Kraken," and was disappointed both times, though now I don't remember why.
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