China Miéville

China Miéville — Author

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China Mieville

About the Author[]

China Miéville

Bio: A British "fantastic fiction" writer. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" (after early 20th century pulp and horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird who consciously attempt to move fantasy away from commercial, genre clichés of Tolkien epigons. He is also active in left-wing politics as a member of the Socialist Workers Party. He has stood for the House of Commons for the Socialist Alliance, and published a book on Marxism and international law. ~ Goodreads via Wikipedia

❖ China Miéville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice. The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell and Philip K. Dick. His previous novel, Embassytown, was a first and widely praised foray into science fiction (published in 2011). ~ panmacmillan

Quote: 'My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give' ~ China Mieville:| theguardian.com

Genres[]

"Weird Fiction", "Fantastic Fiction", Urban Fsntasy

Writing Style[]

Other Pen Names:[]

Series[]

Series Title	Genre	Supernatural Elements
New Crobuzon series	UF. Sci-UF, "Weird Fiction"	Re-mades, arcane races, Xenians, zombies, vampire, pirate wars, magicians, Re-mades, arcane races, half-bird, half-human creature, lab specimens, thaumaturgy, steampunk technology, xenian species, fantastic instances of science,

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Genre Key: ‘’’UF’’’=Urban Fantasy, ‘’’Noir-UF’’’=Noir Urban Fantasy, ‘’’UF-SciFi‘’’=Urban Fantasy/Sci-Fi, ‘’’UF-Hor‘’’=Urban Fantasy-Horror, ‘’’PA-UF’’’=Post-Apocalyptic-UF, ‘’’Dys‘’’=Dystopian,

Other Writings[]

Anthologies:

Freebies:

Cover Artists & Contributors[]

1. Perdido Street Station (2000)

Artist: Edward Miller (2000 & 2011—Macmillan UK)
Artist: David Stevenson (2001—Del Rey / Ballantine)
Artist: Ludovic Moulin, John Lofaso (2003—Del Rey / Ballantine)
Artist: Crush (2011) (Pan Books)

2. The Scar (2002)

Artist: Edward Miller (2002—Macmillan UK) (2003—Pan Books)
Artist: Ashley Wood (2002 & 2004—Del Rey / Ballantine)
Artist: Crush (2011—Pan Books)

3. Iron Council (2004)

Artist: David Stevenson, Carl D. Galian (2004—Del Rey / Ballantine)
Artist: David Stevenson, Carl D. Galian (2005—Pan Books)
Artist: Crush (2011—Pan Books)

~ Sources:

ISFdb: Bibliography: Perdido Street Station
ISFdb: Bibliography: The Scar
ISFdb: Bibliography: Iron Council

Publishing Information[]

Publishers: Del Rey

Author Page:

Awards[]

❖ China Miéville: List of Honours - Wikipedia

❖ He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice. The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell and Philip K. Dick. His previous novel, Embassytown, was a first and widely praised foray into science fiction (published in 2011). ~ China Mieville ~ Pan Macmillan

❖ LIST of AWARDS:

Perdido Street Station:

Nominated:

2002 - Nebula Award for Best Novel
2002 - Hugo Award for Best Novel

Won

2001 - Arthur C. Clarke Award
2001 - British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award
2001 - Amazon.com Editor's Choice Award in Fantasy
2002 - Premio Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel (for the Spanish translation)
2002 - Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Novel (for the German translation)