The Scar - China Mieville [287]
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About the Author
China Miéville was born in London in 1972. When he was eighteen, he lived and taught English in Egypt, where he developed an interest in Arab culture and Middle Eastern politics. Miéville has a B.A. in social anthropology from Cambridge and a master’s with distinction from the London School of Economics. His first novel, King Rat, was nominated for both an International Horror Guild Award and the Bram Stoker Award. Perdido Street Station won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award and has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award. He lives in England.
By China Miéville
Perdido Street Station
The Scar
More praise for Perdido Street Station,
winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award
and the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel
“What is most memorable about Perdido Street Station is not the diversity of its imaginings but the manner in which it presents them, its sophisticated writing and adept characterization. . . . Unlike much science fiction, Perdido Street Station is infused with a sense of compassion and humility.”
—The Seattle Times
“Exhilarating, sometimes very moving, occasionally shocking, always humane and thought-provoking. Its exuberant and unflagging inventiveness, as well as the strong narrative, keep up interest throughout.”
—Times Literary Supplement
“When a fantasy writer combines an intriguing new world with vibrant writing, a high-energy plot and a coherent philosophical compass, the results can be sheer delight. Perdido Street Station . . . is exactly that sort of fantasy . . . [It] grabbed my imagination and . . . never loosened its grip.”
—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A haunting, disturbing, and welcome addition to the ‘steampunk’ genre, where Victorian technology meets science fiction. . . . Miéville renders this dark fantasy with imagination and innovation.”
—Kansas City Star
“Flawlessly plotted and relentlessly, stunningly inventive: a conceptual breakthrough of the highest order.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“An action-packed thriller with high literary production values. A sprawling, vastly ambitious, exquisitely executed science fiction fantasy with the best possible ending: You want more, more, more.”
—Salon.com
“[A] PHANTASMAGORIC MASTERPIECE . . .
The book left me breathless with admiration.”
—Brian Stableford
“The most exciting, enthralling novel I have read in a long time. It is about everything important—love, work, hope, worlds we knew were out there but needed a writer like Miéville to show them to us. His imagination is vast, his talent volcanic. Read this book. It just might be a masterpiece.”
—Jonathon Carroll
“An astonishing fantasy tale that is must reading . . . An action-packed, exciting plot. Fans of epic fantasy will reread this classy tale many times over the years to come.”
—Allscifi.com
“This writer knows what he’s about, [and] does it well. . . . His darkly imaginative and complex story whirls along to its final resolution with the reader’s own imagination locked in tow.”
—The Anniston Star
“Highly recommended . . . A powerful tale about the power of love and the will to survive in a dystopian universe that combines Victorian elements with a fantasy version of cyberpunk. Miéville’s visceral prose evokes an immediacy that commands attention and demands a wide readership.”
—Library Journal
“Powerful . . . Mesmerizingly complex . . . A work of relentless inventiveness . . . A world suffused with both wonder and terror, where hitherto unimagined creatures inspire at once fascination and revulsion, excitement and fear.”
—January Magazine
A Del Rey® Book
Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group
Copyright © 2002 by China Miéville
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by The Ballantine Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.