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I read Looking for Jake about a year ago and have just finished King Rat and Perdido Street Station. Looking for Jake was good but not great for me. Lots of wierdness but nothing really eye-opening. He builds tension well. King Rat I absolutely loved. His talent for wierdness and tension-building works much better in the novel format. Where in Looking for Jake I had only just got my head around the story's props before it finished King Rat really drew me in and had me invested in the hero. Perdido Street Station grew on me. For a while it seemed pointless odd but once acclimatised I found myself fascinated by the drama. I like the way he uses allusions. The moths seemed an allusion to the film Aliens and an ingenious retelling of that story. If people haven't picked up a Mieville book yet I would suggest King Rat as a starting point.
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The John Bull posted:
Just as well that Isaac's girlfriend was a Khepri not a Cactacae then. Just the thought of xeno-sex with one of those makes me wince.
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