![]() ![]() It's about the easiness with which even the formidable things can get destroyed by slightest mistakes - mistakes that can destroy worlds. It's about a surreal fantastical world in the best sci-fi traditions. It's about love and friendship and betrayal. It's about the allures and the dangers of power. It's about the painful casualty-filled struggle between the New and the Old. It's about the inevitable and destructive culture clashes. What IS this book about? It's about language, of course, or rather - Language. I loved it so much, and yet when a colleague politely asked what it was about (when I told him I stayed up half the night before taking call to read it) I could not figure out how to describe it in a few words. ![]() ![]() It is by far my favorite Mieville book: I reread it and listened to it more times than I can remember. This book lived up to all my expectations. Especially when they are like this: " "I don't want to be a simile anymore," I said. ![]()
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