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28 quotes by China Mieville

China Miéville Miéville at Utopiales in 2010 Born China Tom Miéville (1972-09-06) 6 September 1972 (age 42) Norwich, England, UK Occupation Writer Period 1998–present Genre Steampunk, New Weird, weird fiction China Tom Miéville (/ˈtʃaɪnə miˈeɪvəl/; born 6 September 1972) is an English fantasy fiction author, comic writer and academic. He is fond of describing his fiction as "weird fiction" (after early 20th-century pulp and horror writers...
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A lot of geeks are pale, bespectacled, wear dark clothing and don't get out much - the stereotype exists because it is very often true. I could... →

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But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books... →

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I don't like allegory.

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I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.

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Geeks run the world. Condoleezza Rice is a geek, Bill Gates is clearly a geek, many of the big filmmakers and writers are geeks, lots of military... →

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Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings.

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Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.

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I love monsters.

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I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate... →

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'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I... →

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My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is... →

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Well I don't feel sectarian against sparseness, although I sometimes get a little chippy about this. I resent the way that a certain notion of... →

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I think there's something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more... →

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