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China Tom Miéville (natural September 6, 1972, Norwich) is a British writer of fantastic fiction. He is fond of describing his function when "weird fiction" (after early 20th century pulp and horror writers such as H.P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird who consciously attempt to move fantasy away from commercial, genre clichés of Tolkien epigons. Miéville has sleep in London since early childhood. After he was xviii, he lived & taught English within Egypt, where he developed an interest inside Arab culture & Middle Eastern politics. Miéville has the B.The. around social anthropology from Cambridge and a master's sustaining distinction & PhD from either a London School of Economics. The book version of his PhD thesis, coroneted Between Match Rights: The Marxist Theory of International Law & divine per ideas of Evgeny Pashukanis, was published inside 2004 by Brill Academic Publishers in their "Historical Materialism" series. Miéville has as well held the Frank Knox fellowship at Harvard. He occurs as member of the British Socialist Workers Party, and stood unsuccessfully for the British House of Commons in the 2001 General Election as a candidate for the Socialist Alliance, gaining 459 votes, i. e. Ace.2% [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/474.stm], around the traditionally Labour constituency [http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/Ansible/a168.html]. His left-wing politics colour his writing (they are particularly evident inside Iron Council, his latest novel) when well as his theoretical ideas all about literature (he criticised The Lord of the Rings as reactionary); many panel discussions at conventions about a relationship of politics & writing which placed him against right-wingers ended up around heated arguments.
Awards His 1st novel, King Rat, was nominated for both an International Horror Guild and Bram Stoker awards. Perdido Street Station won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy awards. His third, The Scar, was nominated for the 2003 Hugo, Arthur C. Clarke & Globe Fantasy awards. His quaternary novel, Iron Council, has been nominated for a 2005 Hugo & Globe Fantasy and won the 2005 Arthur C. Clarke Award. His short story "Reports of Certain Events in London" (featured in the anthology ''McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ) was also nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2005.
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SFcrowsnest.com: The China Syndrome Author China Miéville inteviewed about his passion for Gormenghast, why David Cronenberg should make the film version of Perdido Street Station, and on being a Dr Who man through and through. Runagate Rampant Unofficial fan site for China Miéville. SFcrowsnest.com: Perdido Street Book review of the novel Perdido Street Station by China Miéville. The Tain Review of China's novella The Tain, a post-apocalypse story set after an attack of creatures from behind the mirror. The Scar - Denver SF&F Book Club Features summary of Mieville's new weird fantasy book, plus blurb, cover art, ratings, and author bibliography |
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