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thehomemaster posted:This is probably what they are aiming for. The next Margaret Atwood/Michel Faber. Maybe a 1000-page Bas-Lag adventure? 
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He's apparently busied himself with. . . I guess this is an avant-garde treatise of some sort? http://vimeo.com/61611477
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paint dry posted:Also, if I ever see the word "puissant" again I am going to have a stroke. ZorajitZorajit posted:Take a shot every time you read the word "effluvial." After reading Perdido Street Station and The Scar, I wanted to petition this thread to be renamed "China Miéville: A Palimpsest of Puissance"
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BigSkillet posted:He's apparently busied himself with. . . I guess this is an avant-garde treatise of some sort? I tried to listen to that, I really did. I guess I am just a stupid plebeian.
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Feb 6, 2015 07:44
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thehomemaster posted:If the collection isn't as big as hoped, my question is: What's China been doing that's kept him so busy? Attempting a socialist revolution in UK?
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Feb 6, 2015 11:07
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I heard somewhere that he was living in Chicago now, though?
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Feb 7, 2015 19:26
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Apparently he was a writer in residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago from 2012-2013. Not sure if he's still there.
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Feb 7, 2015 23:45
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I liked the Bas-Lag novels too guys but the last one came out literally a decade ago. I think he's done with them. And all his later work has been just as good if not better.
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Feb 10, 2015 01:45
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Asimov had like 30 years between the 3rd and 4th Foundation novels.
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Feb 10, 2015 04:20
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Iron Council's a totally satisfying conclusion to the non-trilogy, though. I kind of *prefer* for everything after that remain empty/pregnant time in order to do justice to the ending. I wouldn't mind more stuff taking place pre-PSS, I suppose. But it's not as if Embassytown and Railsea aren't equally awesome fertile ground for future storytelling should he choose to return to those settings.
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Feb 10, 2015 05:30
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bewilderment posted:I liked the Bas-Lag novels too guys but the last one came out literally a decade ago. I think he's done with them. And all his later work has been just as good if not better. Yeah, I haven't even read Iron Council yet. I've been happy to move on to Kraken, Railsea, and The City & The City.
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BigSkillet posted:He's apparently busied himself with. . . I guess this is an avant-garde treatise of some sort? This seems like it might hold some interesting things but it's so pretentious and oozing with douche that I can't handle it.
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Feb 15, 2015 21:39
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Bolverkur posted:This seems like it might hold some interesting things but it's so pretentious and oozing with douche that I can't handle it. I love Miéville's writing but I have yet to see an interview that doesn't feel like punching him in the face.
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Feb 15, 2015 22:26
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Personally I'm at ease with the inferiority complex, but I can understand how it might affect others.
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Feb 16, 2015 01:16
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"No matter where we are, garbage always follows us." That's like the most Mieville possible sentence. Just gotta cram 'puissant' in there somewhere.
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I'm making a thing for my blog, and this thread's OP: This is a lovely draft. I'll pretty it up later. Thoughts on the layout/flowchart/etc? --- Also, The City & the City might become a BBC drama miniseries. Hedrigall fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Feb 17, 2015 |
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Feb 17, 2015 13:23
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Maybe try putting book titles under each cover? The covers themselves are a little hard to read when they're that small.
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Feb 17, 2015 18:36
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Good choice on the UK covers though. gently caress U.S. covers. It is my goal to say this (at least) once in every thread in the Book Barn.
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Feb 17, 2015 21:43
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I really have to get around to reading Embassytown that is sitting on my shelf.
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Feb 17, 2015 23:33
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Was there ever a cover of IC that was similar to and .jpg/200px-TheScar(1stEd).jpg)
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thehomemaster posted:Was there ever a cover of IC that was similar to Not in English speaking territories. However that artist has continued to do the cover art for the Czech editions of every Miéville book. 
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Feb 18, 2015 00:42
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Goddamnit. Guess it's time to learn Czech. Dat Railsea cover though. Tempted to buy a print.
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Feb 18, 2015 00:59
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thehomemaster posted:Goddamnit. Guess it's time to learn Czech. Go for it, prints are at the artist's website: http://www.lesedwards.com/Edward-Miller/science-fiction/railsea/16716 Or you could buy the original for £800.
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Feb 18, 2015 01:08
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Here's something you'll love: I'm Czech, have most of those and desperately wish we had the UK editions. The pictures look nice, but the books are paperback, really huge and there's pretty much no way to read them without damaging them because even opening the suckers will create creases on them. Plus the English ones look a lot less gaudy. edit: Oh, in case you were wondering, IC is the second one from the right in top row. Anyway, this guy actually does the whole New Weird edition of that publishing company. It's mostly a mixed bag, but it's got a complete Viriconium and that picture is great. So is the book, obviously. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Feb 18, 2015 |
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Feb 18, 2015 07:17
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anilEhilated posted:The pictures look nice, but the books are paperback, really huge and there's pretty much no way to read them without damaging them because even opening the suckers will create creases on them. It is exactly the same for the English ones. After reading them just once the spines are a wrinkly mess.
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Hedrigall posted:Not in English speaking territories. However that artist has continued to do the cover art for the Czech editions of every Miéville book. I'm guessing Ambasadov is Embassytown? That's an interesting take on the ships; your blog reminded me they're called Corvids, but I can't remember them being described as looking bird-like. I wonder if that's due to a literal translation or the artist's interpretation.
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I read the UK version of PSS with that cover and it really captured the feel of New Crobuzon for me. The Scar too, once you realise exactly what it's depicting.
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Benson Cunningham posted:Good choice on the UK covers though. gently caress U.S. covers. How do the US ones look again?
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https://outtherebooks.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/a-second-jacket-description-for-three-moments-of-an-explosion-stories/ 28 stories in the new collection. Twice as many as in Looking For Jake. Holy poo poo 
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Hedrigall posted:https://outtherebooks.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/a-second-jacket-description-for-three-moments-of-an-explosion-stories/ Really exciting news. Although we'd all love some epic novel to live in for a week I won't complain with an rear end-load of new short stories.
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Good news, but man, I'm getting sick of Bas-Lag being mentioned every goddamn time he lifts a finger. Can hardly imagine how sick he is of that question.
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I'm so excited!
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 Contents list, let's go motherfuckeerrrrrrrrrssss!!!!!!!    “Three Moments of an Explosion” “Polynia” “The Condition of New Death”* “The Dowager of Bees”* “In the Slopes”* “The Crawl”* “Watching God”* “The 9th Technique” “The Rope Is the World” “The Buzzard’s Egg”* “Säcken”* “Syllabus”* “Dreaded Outcome”* “After the Festival”* “The Dusty Hat”* “Escapee”* “The Bastard Prompt”* “Rules”* “Estate” “Keep”* “A Second Slice Manifesto”* “Covehithe” “The Junket”* “Four Final Orpheuses”* “The Rabbet”* “Listen the Birds”* “A Mount”* “The Design” (* = never before published) Check out my blog post about it for a little more info about one of the new stories and the absolutely terrible US cover art.
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Hedrigall posted:
The Crawl and Four Final Orpheuses have definitely already shown up on China's blog. Very possibly a few others too.
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Hedrigall posted:Check out my blog post about it for a little more info about one of the new stories and the absolutely terrible US cover art. Säcken is hilarious to me, just as a word, but the info in your blog post makes it even funnier somehow.
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I guess I understand why we in the states can't get that BombarDeer cover art, but ick. Minimalist aesthetics are kind of the opposite of what I like him for doing.
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Babbie's first cover design entry, holy crap. Why is the font so fuzzy? Why is there even a background image? Why does this look like it belongs on an amazon thumbnail for authors that DIY?
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Hi frends I had a short conversation in Wordpress comments with a guy who read a review copy of TMOAE:S. Here's what he had to say: guy posted:“The Dowager of Bees” is an incredible story that goes nowhere you’d expect from the title (which is absolutely perfect for it). Still months away ugh. But luckily Al Reynolds has two books coming out before then to sate me
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China's getting involved in more political projects again, so I think it's safe to assume that he's going to be a bit less prolific as a writer of fiction for a little while.
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Two early reviews! https://scryingorb.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/three-moments-of-an-explosion-stories-by-china-mieville/ http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-101-88472-0 I want.
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