Sure do. And China Mieville's is among the best. He has constructed a
really nasty, brutal, very human but also weird world for a number of
novels, & they are funky in the best sense. Also highly political. Get
into it, Martin.
Doug
On 28-Apr-07, at 1:56 AM, MJ Walker wrote:
> Does anyone resonate with the term "weird fiction"? I rather like it.
> See China Mieville's list here -
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/top10s/top10/0,,716474,00.html
> A list with C. Bronte, Carroll, Wells, P.K.Dick and Max Ernst seems
> very right to me.
> I bought that Perdido St. novel some time ago but haven't got into it
> yet.
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