![]() ![]() ![]() The love for monstrosity and weirdness is another thing that both works share – but that’s normal for Miéville. It is a hefty book, starting slowly and slowly gaining momentum – or, more precisely, several momentums – an equivalent of Cameron’s Aliens with its strange cascade of climaxes. ![]() At 717 pages it can be safely called a really long novel, and that length is tangible, almost palpable, even if you read it on Kindle ). The Scar, winner of 2003 British Fantasy Award and Locus Award, is Miéville’s second novel set in the Bas-Lag universe, depicting events only slightly related to what had happened in Perdido Street Station. But before you shun him as not being geeky enough, read something he wrote. A published academic in the field of international law and Marxism, a socialist, and an awards-winning fantasy author, Miéville is something of a celebrity. I don’t believe we need to introduce China Miéville on our Reenchantment blog… After all, we’ve already reviewed a number of Miéville’s works to date, from Kraken and Railsea, through Perdido Street Station and Un Lun Dun to This Census Taker. ![]()
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