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Originally Posted by GOLLUM  True but given the fact he is something of a master of his art I`m wiling to forgive him for this, besides I`m a description junkie...  |
I scribbled a review of PSS a while back, and came to the conclusion that his descriptive powers are both the blessing and the bane of his books. Sometime they dragged me so deep into the world that I started looking nervously over my shoulder for slake moths and weavers, and sometimes they irritated me so much that I swore blind his editor must have been asleep on the job.
I mean, the cable laying sequence? What the zarking fardwarks was THAT about?
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Originally Posted by Ursa Major One thing: Mieville has created a world where, I'd guess, most of us would understand the various opposition groups, if not empathise with all of their members. I wonder, is this his how Mieville sees our world, e.g. London? Is this why he has his particular political stance? |
I think Mieville very much does see Bas Lag through the lense of his own politics, but it's a very very subtle thing. If I didn't know he was a Marxist I doubt I'd have picked up on it, but then I've only read PSS and The Scar. I hear it's more pronounced in IC, which is in my To be Read pile.