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Post by Dewebwhoforgotlogginin on Aug 26, 2004 11:43:55 GMT -5
When i read the book...i was not happy. I must know what after it. How go's their life? Would they find a house? New friends? Would Lin ever be normal? How go their live further? Are there survivors? What was exactly the inpact of the things that happened? (i have understand that on the moment i have read "The scar"). And so many questions...unbelievable! That's even to the reason why i am happy with "Iron Council", it brings us back to New Crobuzon. Greetings, Deweb
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Post by cyn on Nov 20, 2004 21:08:43 GMT -5
I was *mesmerized* by Chine MiƩville vivid city imagery in the opening chapter (simultaneously explicit and teasing ... the perfect balance)
The unfolding events and the actions taken by the characters as a result, continuously kept me off-balance. Concerning the main players; often I flipped between liking/disliking/not-sure-anymore and back again, right up to the last page of the book.
The Ambassador of Hell sequence was extraordinary.
The Weavers: SURREAL!
The Handlingers, Slake-moths, and sentient constructs: down-right disturbing. I LOVE this stuff!
The best part of the book is the city of New Crobozon, itself. MiƩville provided so much rich detail (much only hinted at) that it feels like a *real* and *functional* city. Initially, I caught myself looking to see if he had written a prior New Crobozon story!
This book goes to the top of my favourite list. ;D
Any rumours of a fourth book in this series? (fingers-crossed)
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Post by DreamDeva on Jan 10, 2005 16:50:31 GMT -5
PSS in overall is a splendid book. Although as a non-native english speaker, some parts (especially the ones with huge descriptions about New Crobuzon itself) of the book were somewhat hard to understand. Still, a great reading experience.
I would like to use a descripiton like "fairytale for adults" but then again it's too narrow a category to describe PSS. What I like most in Mieville's books is that they are fantasy - in a sense - but they cannot be forced to some crude category. They are vivid, they are dreaming made true to a reader.
At the Moment, I'm still reading Iron Council. What Mieville started in PSS continues still in IC. Unlimited imagination, a world which is at the same time very realistic and very dream-like. I like the books, love 'em. Hopefully The Man continues his good work.
yours, DreamDeva
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Post by Curufea on Jan 10, 2005 17:37:57 GMT -5
China's writing style isn't too easy for us native English speakers either - so don't feel too badly about it. He uses many slang terms he's made up, or obscure words that are no longer used today. But it does help paint the picture of a different world.
Some of my friends did hate how the books end with anti-climaxes, especially the second two. However, I think of it as "This is a day in the life". They are merely some of the stories happening in the world of Bas-Lag, and things happened before, and will happen afterwards.
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Post by DreamDeva on Jan 12, 2005 10:23:52 GMT -5
When reading Mieville's books, one usually thinks that they should end dramatically, because the events are usually so tremendous and world-shaking. But the way The Man ends his stories are a different matter. Just like you wrote, another day in life. This is the fact that makes the stories so interesting. Like in PSS, the characters are quite normal people. Sure, there's a few adventurers in the latter part of the book, "the heroes". But mainly, Mievielle's characters are normal people. So the ending, in a sense, is also normal. Not a heroic one, as could easily be presumed. That's what makes the books so interesting. Normal people, not heroes, in a middle of a crisis - and perhaps one or two cactacae too.
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Post by Habit on Jun 2, 2005 18:21:08 GMT -5
...Of Perdido Street Station? Personally, I thought it was one of the most invocative and imaginative stories I have read. Isaac, as a hero, was an excellent choice. Full of flaws, fat and ugly (probably) and a geek. Isaac actually reminded me a little of some of Neal Stephenson's protagonists. Not the one dimensional paragon of virtue so beloved of Fantasy fiction, but a bit of a geek with a sense of humor and appreciation for the enjoyable things in life. Perdido Street Station itself is probably my favourite of Mieville's books. I regard it as a classic
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