whatever.scalzi.com - 5/26/2009
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China Miéville’s new novel The City & The City hits the stores today, and it’s a novel that simultaneously fulfills Miéville fan expectatation and is something that they never would have seen coming. Fans of the author almost certainly expected a complex and satisfying tale of ...
randomhouse.com - 5/26/2009
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randomhouse.com —
ABOUT THIS BOOK New York Times bestselling author
China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an
existential thriller set in a city unlike any other–real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the ...
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The City & The City by China Miéville - Hardcover
tor.com - 6/1/2009
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tor.com —
China Miéville is one of fantasy’s most recognizable
names and one of its most distinctive, brightest voices.
Having made a promising debut with 1998’s King Rat , he is best known for his multiple award-winning novel Perdido Street Station and The ...
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Mapping The City & The City: an interview with China ...
booktionary.blogspot.com - 5/26/2009
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booktionary.blogspot.com —
The City & The City was one of
those books that everyone has been hotly awaiting since
announced. I must admit I fell into the trap as well with the entire mystique surround its release. Even to the point where the author asked reviewers to be very vague about some of the details. After ...
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REVIEW | The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey)
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China Mieville on Crime Novels on Whatever
The Weirdside —
Here's a link to John Scalzi's wonderful Whatever blog, where China Mieville comments on The City and The City and crime novels. Check it out. ...
May 27, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
... of Ebook Devices. Joshua Palmatier on Writing: Cover Art. David Craddock on Sharing a World: Part 1. Shira Lipkin on Take Back the SciFi. Jeremiah Tolbert on On Recreating the Shower Creativity Surge (minus water). Jeff Gerke on Your Opening Line. Editorial Anonymous on CSK Redux. Rachelle Gardner on The Non de Plume, or Should I Use a Pen Name? China Mieville on Crime Novels. News A Time to Remember Ken (Rand) ...
SF Tidbits for 5/27/09
SF Signal —
Interviews & Profiles: @Scavenging: Rudy Rucker (Hylozoic). @SF Novelists: Kelly McCullough, MythOS. @Cult Pop: Cherie Priest (Fathom). @The Nebula Awards: Vera Nazarian (The Duke in His Castle). @Whatever: China Miéville (The City & The City ).
Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of QuasarDragon]: @Manybooks: "This is Klon Calling" by Walter J. Sheldon (1953). ...
The Forest of Links and Teeth
Torque Control —
... books on that list for ages, so plan to join in when they reach those titles. First up, however, in June, is The Female Man.
John Crowley interviewed at The Believer
Reviews of Sarah Waters’ The Little Stranger: Sean O’Brien in the TLS, Hilary Mantel in The Guardian, John Preston in The Telegraph
More on The City & The City: Adam Roberts’ review, and China Mieville on crime novels, writing and ending them
Abigail Nussbaum and Martin Lewis, ...
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omnivoracious.com 6/17/2009 — After a busy few days of talking to authors at BookExpo America and a couple of weeks editing the results, it's time to start sharing the more than a dozen interviews Daphne and I did with a pretty spectacular group...
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