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I read Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council after reading most of Neal Asher's books. I enjoyed the Scar the most out of China's books, and I enjoyed The Skinner the most out of Neal Asher's books. Maybe I just enjoy pirate stories. The Skinner for anyone who hasn't read it, is one of my favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy books so I highly recomend it, I also would be suprised if British people who read modern Sci-fi havent heard of Asher.
Neal Asher and China are both English and contemporary, and my favorite books by both authors are about pirates set in a Sci-fi or fantasy setting, but their politics and outlook could not be more opposite.
It was interesting reading one author's works after reading another. Neal Asher is extremely cynical, and China Meiville seems optimistic to the extreme.

China seems to be warning us about the misuse of technology, or that technology has an inherant fascist element and what saves the day are rebels of an oppresive government forming socialist collectives to fight the tyrany; while Neal Asher seems to think that the very same technological rule is the only thing that will save mankind from itself which are the corrupt 'collective' rebels China loves. One author's protagonist is the others enemy and vice versa. It was interesting reading one authors works right after the other.



China is a socialist and Neal seems to me to be slightly more of a right wing conservative. I'm not of either thought, but I find Neal Asher's cynicism more refreshing since most Sci-fi to me seems to be extremely humanist, but that doesnt matter one bit because Ive enjoyed reading both their works very much. I dont have to agree with an Authors outlook if their writing transcends their opinions about human nature and government.