So where to begin?Īs with all reading decisions, this one is up to you. The City & the City, the Miéville novel immediately preceding Embassytown, was built on an even stranger conceit. A Miévillian book provides glorious entertainment, powerful themes, intellectual depth, joyous wordplay, subversive approaches and with a few rare exceptions, monsters.Įach and every one of his books is an award-winner, a critical darling, and a reader favourite. The trick is to look at the books' shared qualities. The man is a category unto himself.Īnd what is Miévillian? ‘Tremendous', ‘mind-blowing' and ‘unmitigated brilliance' are all true, but they're not very helpful. Although many thousands of words have been written trying to put Miéville's work into neat buckets, a China Miéville book is ultimately, well – Miévillian. He addresses, dances with and ultimately departs from the traditions and expectations of every genre. China Miéville's books range freely across categories and classifications – epic and urban fantasy, hard and squishy science fiction, crime, horror, young adult and more.
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