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This is bizarre. I didn't think Iron Council was anywhere near as good as his other stuff |
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I have to agree with you on this one |
Iron Council's competition didn't include his other works so teh fact (whci his one I agree with) that it isn't quite as enjoyable as his prior 2 novels doesn't really matter in regards to the award.
I enjoyed thw first 2 Bas-lag novels more, but admittedly I thouth Iron Council was still damn good. (In htat I don't think anyone could have written anything like it, and it was good)
From a structural sense it improved greatly, which was the chief knock on
Mieville among critics, his imagination/descriptive language has always been bountiful, but almost so much so, that
Mieville ignored any semblance of structure within his work (and in doing so he got away with with it better than anyone I have witnessed in a while). From that perspective, I can see the improvement in
Iron Council; but like I said I prefered both
Perdido Street Station, and
The Scar, but still enjoyed
Iron Council to a degree, that I'm can't argue the choice. The only other works that compared last year IMHO, won the Best New Author Award,
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, by
Susanna Clarke, and
Stephenson won the best SF Award for his
Baroque Cycle offerings - so all the basis were covered IMHO