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Iron Council (New Crobuzon, #3)

China 惭颈茅惫颈濒濒别

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Mar 25, 2008 Brad rated it really liked it

Shelves: speculative, to-read-again

Overtly political, teasingly intricate, and deeply intertextual, China 惭颈茅惫颈濒濒别's Iron Council is everything I expect to love in great speculative fiction, and nearly everything I know I love in 惭颈茅惫颈濒濒别's work.

Yet, since its publication, I have only read it once, and I still find myself ranking it third of 惭颈茅惫颈濒濒别's Bas-Lag books. I've been baffled by my restraint with Iron Council. My admiration of 惭颈茅惫颈濒濒别's other books is boundless, bordering on madness, and I haven't understood how a book ...more

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Nov 29, 2010 Brad rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: speculative, new-novella, steampunk, dystopian, weird

We live in a culture that desires fragmented stories; stories that are told quickly and compellingly, so we can move on to the next tale. It is why we love visual forms so much. It is why YA fiction is increasingly popular with older crowds. It is why graphic novels are on the rise as a literary form. But where are the novellas? Where are books like One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The Old Man and the Sea, Heart of Darkness, The Awakening, A Clockwork Orange?

I have been looking, waiting, ...more

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Jul 21, 2010 Kit Goode rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi

I really wanted to like Iron Council more, but I'm afraid it started to lag for me two thirds the way through. I loved Ori's story (perhaps because as a young old-timer in the SWP it resonated the most) and wish it had had more time given over to it.

It was a refreshing read, non-the-less. Mieville's books have always been a mixed platter- to readers wanting a similar read, I suggest Robin Hobb's Soldier Son trilogy. ...more

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