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| Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun Listen to China Mieville read from this book: Readings | Readings | Books | Arts | Telegraph |
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| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Yorkshire
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun Got this delivered today. I had a free voucher so thought I would risk it. Not sure if it was a good idea really. I havent read any young adult books since I was a young adult so I'm not sure how satisfying im going to find it. One thing I have noticed which made me have second thoughts (not that its anything to do with the quality of writing) is that it has 500 pages with larger than normal type and 99 chapters. I dont know why but this makes me uneasy. Still, it didnt cost me anything and its a nice looking book with a few illustrations scattered about in the text. If I dont like it I'll keep hold of it untill my niece is a young adult and give it to her. |
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| Registerd Loser Join Date: May 2007 Location: California
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun I started to read this in April. I got it at a local bookstore. I've never read anything else by the author, but it seemed like something I'd like to read. I may give it a try again at a later date, but I wasn't that impressed. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but it was almost too much imagination. It got in the way of the story. I may think differently if I pick it up again. Sometimes it has to do with the mood I'm in while I'm reading. Has anyone else finished it? |
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| Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun Due to my commitments with the Hugos I hadn't got around to reading Un Lun Dun yet, but here's China talking about the book. Very interesting stuff. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtHUMQMVXj4 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4QH4...related&search |
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| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun I'm up to around page 80 or so.. it's fantastic stuff. A lot of it should be far fetched, but somehow it works very well, and is brought to life by interesting, strange - yet realistic characters. |
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| The Cat Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malaysia
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun I've read it. Could not wait for the paperback so got the hardback. It's good. The characters are strange. There's a lot of darkness and it's pretty harsh in many places but it all comes together very well and works like a charm. I was wary going in because I love Mieville's books and for some reason everyone is writing young adult material now and not always well. I could not imagine how his style would work for young people. But this is fantastic. |
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| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun I finished it the other day - and overall I thought it was awesome. UnLondon is such a strange place that, at first, it takes a little getting used to. We journey through it with a Londoner, which is brilliant, because we discover the oddities and wonders as she does. As the story progresses, the world grows on you, you get used to it, and I found myself eagerly anticipating what I would see next. I particularly liked Brokkenbroll, the boss of broken umbrellas - I could just picture Mr. Depp playing him in a movie ![]() |
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| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Yorkshire
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| Re: New Book - Un Lun Dun Finally got around to reading this. Unfortunately it wasnt for me. The imagination and invention was still there but I didnt really like the story. The biggest problem was myself not being part of the target audience, it really did seem like a book written for kids. I will stick to his Bas-Lag books in future. |
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