Tag Archives: China Mieville

China Mieville – The Last Days of New Paris (2016) Review

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 What a very, very unusual novella. Ok, so this is Paris in the 1940s and the Nazis are trying to take over the city. We follow the resistance fighter Thibaut as he undertakes an exhausting trip through the abandoned … Continue reading →

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China Mieville – This Census-Taker (2016)

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 The first thing that’s noticeable about This Census-Taker is its marketing. I’d imagine that author China Mieville had the following conversation with his publicist: “Say mate, I have this little novella lying around. It’s only about 140 pages but … Continue reading →

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China Mieville – Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories (2015)

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 China Mieville is a virtuoso maverick writer who is impossible to label. He is too strange for the fantasy genre (which tells you something about the strict expectations within fantasy) and too fantastical for the horror and science fiction … Continue reading →

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