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" The Scar is a feat of the imagination, a rich reclamation of the pleasures of every genre.

(.) By the middle of this riotous doorstop, it is clear that what makes Miéville special compared with other writers in the potentially malodorous genre of fantasy is that he doesn't just populate his universe with freaks and trinkets, wind them up and and watch them dance across the table.(.) The Scar eventually demonstrates enough invention and brutal energy, firmly ruled by a calm architectonic intelligence, to show that Miéville is one of the most imaginative young writers around in any kind of fiction." - Steven Poole, The Guardian

"Once the novel settles down after its ill-judged beginning, Miéville begins to construct an intriguing plot of espionage and deceit.

General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author The answer lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters-terrifying entities with a singular, chilling mission.Ĭhina Miéville is a writer for a new era-and The Scar is a luminous, brilliantly imagined novel that is nothing short of spectacular.Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada’s agenda.

Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence. On Armada, everyone is given work, and even Remades live as equals to humans, Cactae, and Cray. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating, landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are summarily executed. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon.įor Bellis, the plan is clear: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until it is safe to return home. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage-and escape from horrific punishment. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city.

Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations.Īboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon.

Set in the same sprawling world of Miéville’s Arthur C. A mythmaker of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality.