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 The Scar - China Mieville
 The Scar - China Mieville ... oceans...A hidden miracle about be revealed...This is the story of a prisoner's journey. The search for the island of a forgotten people, for the most astonishing beast in the seas, and ultimately for a fabled place - a massive wound in reality, a source of unthinkable power and danger. From the author of Perdido Street Station, another colossal fantasy of incredible diversity and spellbinding imagination, which was acclaimed in The Times Literary Supplement as: 'An astonishing novel, guaranteed to astound and enthral the most jaded palate...exhilarating, sometimes very moving, occasionally shocking, always humane and thought-provoking'.Newest Review: ... punished for some un-named crime by having tentacles thaumaturgically grafted to his body, and banished to a penal work ... more ... colony. And then it is the story of Armada, the floating pirate city, which steals not only food and fuel and 'booty', but new inhabitants. When Armada attacks the colony ship, the crew are murdered and the passengers find themselves the new 'press ganged' residents of the city made of ships - some unwillingly, like Bellis, while for Tanner Sack and others it is a chance for new hope and freedom.
A great deal of the following pages are crammed full of descriptions of the floating city and life therein. Mieville has an ob...more |
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The Scar - China Mieville: Kidnapped my mind (1007 words)
by - written on 05/10/06 (Very useful, 232 readings)
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Perdido Street Station introduced the world of New Crobuzon: a sprawling, dark, dangerous, wonderful, filthy, exciting, amazing city like no other. In New Crobuzon, magic is a kind of science - thaumaturgy. Machines are powered by magic and steam; 'computers' are analytic engines, programmed with punch cards. Across its expansive, rambling streets live a variety of sentient species: man rubs shoulders with mute scarab-headed khepri, who communicate with scents; Cacatae are powerful cactus people, who remove the spines from their hands to allow them to interact in a human world; Vodyanoi, bird men... these and more form the cultural melting pot of Bas-Lag's biggest ... Read the complete review
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