A good Mieville is always a treat, and Embassytown is very good Mieville. (Not quite as good as Perdido Street Station, alas, but then hardly anything is.) It's science fiction, and reasonably hard SF at that. The eponymous Embassytown is a colony on the edge of known space, cut off from its imp...
Science fiction that deals directly with language is kind of rare, which is a pity because the question of how we would communicate with aliens if we ever encounter any is one of the most interesting problems in science fiction. Too often the problem is waved away with a magical "universal translato...
I had a brief internal debate about whether I enjoyed Embassytown's story enough to warrant the five stars, but whatever; the underlying concept of this novel just completely blew my mind.You win this round, Miéville. Five stars all the way.
China Miéville has a knack for building worlds. Not only is he an expert at building them, but he can convince nearly anyone he has lived in these worlds. Miéville doesn't pause to explain his world or his knowledge of it, he just jumps right in and expects the reader to follow along. His perspectiv...
Wow. Just wow. I know it's been awhile since I'd gotten around to reading a Mieville book. But oh my, this was definitely the one for my return. Very glad I've picked up multiple copies of this at bookshops when they've been put on the bargain shelf. I'm definitely going to be giving copies of this...
Fue una lectura difícil. China Miéville escribe complicado y esta novela, leída en inglés, me presentó algunas dificultades. Creo que no es un problema de vocabulario, sino de construcción de frases.Miéville es un tipo elocuente y esta novela es acerca de lenguajes y comunicación en un ambiente tan ...
For a while I was tempted to give up listening to it and get the text version because it was so fascinating, but I was tired and kept falling asleep at night. In the end I'm glad I stuck with it - Language is unique enough to add another dimension when spoken aloud.Avice is a woman who has grown up...
Actual rating 3.5It's an interesting mind that wrote this book. It's a type of playground that he wrote. A playground where the equipment is replaced by themes and ideas. Its a wonderful place, one I'd recommend for all to visit. I will certainly read more of China Mievilles books hoping to visit mo...
Avice has always wanted to get out of the backwater world Embassytown. But years down the road, she finds herself returning. At first it was just to sate the curiosity of her husband about the Hosts unique to the place, but soon it becomes a matter of truth or lies, of life and death. And as a livin...
This book started fine and got somewhat better till the letdown in the last 50 pages. I really liked the premise. The ideas about language, though I doubt the extent to which they are true, were engaging and interesting. However, the writing was boring and in my humble opinion, bad and pretentious. ...
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