She's done a good job of this with The Left Hand of Darkness.Originally Posted by Calidore
Another author I like for their world building is China Mieville. Reading his stuff is like being on a train and constantly seeing interesting thngs that flash by you, but there's no time to look or investigate in detail. The effect of that is to have this colourfully textured setting where the action takes place, but which complements the wierdness of the stories.
I have The City and the City waiting to be read. It's my first Meiville book.
I've read three of his - Perdido Street Station, The Iron Council and The City and The City. All three I enjoyed, though The City... has a wierd central idea around a more conventional plot.
He's an nteresting writer - unconventional and imaginative.
I've finished the LHOD, and quite liked it, but I wondered if it merely served to explore the central theme of hermaphroditism. It was bitty in some respects. We got a good initial description of both societies, but, this didn't seem to go anywhere except as possible ciphers for monarchies and communist societies. Their respective traits were laid out, and I suppose the book seemed to endorse the more individualistic monarchic society rather than the centrally controlled one.
I am very sorry that I could not read this book. It is still sitting on my bedside table, waiting to be picked up.
I will try to give it a go this week.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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It's no problem. Life happens.
Historical fiction soon. I've just finished a book, and so I'm ready for that one.
Last edited by Paulclem; 04-29-2011 at 07:41 PM.
The beginning of the book has reminded me of Handmaid's Tale.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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