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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > China Miéville/Bas-Lag megathread
 
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MinionOfCthulhu
Oct 28, 2005

I got this title for free due to my proximity to an idiot who wanted to save $5 on an avatar by having someone else spend $9.95 instead.
I would like to thank this thread for reminding me that there are a few more of Miéville's books that I've yet to read, so I requested them from my library. I own PSS and The Scar, enjoying The Scar more than PSS. I wanted to like Perdido more, but it took a while for the main plot to rumble around, and I really disliked the ending (although I loved every part with The Weaver). There's something about his writing style that makes me enjoy even parts I don't like, though.

(By the way, for you RPG nerds out there, the world of Bas-Lag was featured in issue #352 of Dragon magazine with input from Miéville himself. Really nice artwork, stats for the races and monsters, a nice explanation of the world and the city, and they even stat up the Possible Sword.)

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