3.75 starsMy first introduction to Miéville's writing was Railsea. I had an almost instant reaction to it (confusion, frustration, amazement) that only grew stronger as the story progressed (and changed into shock, awe and adoration, and finished with the literary equivalent of being hit on the head...
What is it about London that makes it the prime place to create another world, not hidden in the shadows, but accessible through secret passageways that tend to close tight behind those who stumble in? Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere jumps to mind, which China Mieville (I don't know how to do the accents!)...
This was clearly written as a response to the stories about chosen ones and prophecies. Because the distain that the story holds for those particular tropes is evident in almost every line. The book also plays a lot with puns and mispronounced nouns, the way that quite a few children's novels do. ...
Waterstones was having a promotion of books featuring London and I'd heard good things about China Miéville so I added it to the pile. What I hadn't appreciated was that Un Lun Dun is in fact a children's book - maybe aiming for a slightly younger audience than the young-adult novels that seem so po...
If (for whatever strange reason) you ever wondered what a love child of "Alice in Wonderland" and Gaiman's "Neverwhere" would look like if it were raised by the Master of Weird - well, say hello to Un Lun Dun. 'I know you're not a sidekick.''No one is!' Deeba shouted. 'That's no way to talk about an...
Interesting story. One trivial fact is that I am totally in love with the illustrations and the cover.I am pretty content with the fact that the Un-chosen one is the hero in this book. I thought of the very cliches that the book would have created at the beginning, with all kinds of signs specifical...
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