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An English writer born in 1972. China Miéville is best known for his Fantasy work, most of which has won or been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award or the World Fantasy Award at some time or another.
He purposefully avoids writing Tolkien-esque fantasy, preferring to invent his own sorts of worlds and fantasy creatures . Miéville used to be a huge Dungeons and Dragons fan, and occasionally references it in his works.
He's currently[when? writing Dial H , a Darker and Edgier reworking of the Dial H for Hero DC Comics .
Works written by China Miéville include:
China Miéville provides examples of the following tropes:
"I think for a lot of people who don’t read pulp growing up, there’s a real surprise that the particular kind of Pulp Modernism of a certain kind of lush Purple Prose isn’t necessarily a failure or a mistake, but is part of the fabric of the story and what makes it weird . There’s a big default notion that “spare,” or “precise” prose is somehow better. I keep insisting to them that while such prose is completely legitimate, it’s in no way intrinsically more accurate, more relevant, or better than lush prose."
1987-2000
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood , 1987)The Sea and Summer George Turner , 1988)Unquenchable Fire Rachel Pollack , 1989)The Child Garden Geoff Ryman , 1990)Take Back Plenty Colin Greenland , 1991)Synners Pat Cadigan , 1992)Body of Glass Marge Piercy , 1993)Vurt Jeff Noon , 1994)Fools Pat Cadigan , 1995)Fairyland Paul J. McAuley , 1996)The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh , 1997)The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell , 1998)Dreaming In Smoke Tricia Sullivan , 1999)Distraction Bruce Sterling , 2000) 2001-2020
Perdido Street Station China Miéville , 2001)Bold As Love Gwyneth Jones , 2002)The Separation Christopher Priest , 2003)Quicksilver Neal Stephenson , 2004)Iron Council China Miéville , 2005)Air Geoff Ryman , 2006)Nova Swing M. John Harrison , 2007)Black Man Richard K. Morgan , 2008)Song of Time Ian R. MacLeod , 2009)The City & the City China Miéville , 2010)Zoo City Lauren Beukes , 2011)The Testament of Jessie Lamb Jane Rogers , 2012)Dark Eden Chris Beckett , 2013)Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie , 2014)Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel , 2015)Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky , 2016)The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead , 2017)Dreams Before the Start of Time Anne Charnock , 2018)Rosewater Tade Thompson , 2019)The Old Drift Namwali Serpell , 2020) 2021-2040
1975-2000
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld Patricia A. McKillip , 1975)Bid Time Return Richard Matheson , 1976)Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle , 1977)Our Lady of Darkness Fritz Leiber , 1978)Gloriana Michael Moorcock , 1979)Watchtower Elizabeth A. Lynn , 1980)The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe , 1981)Little, Big John Crowley , 1982)Nifft the Lean Michael Shea , 1983)The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford , 1984)Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock , 1985)Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart , 1985)Song of Kali Dan Simmons , 1986)Perfume Patrick Suskind , 1987)Replay Ken Grimwood , 1988)Koko Peter Straub , 1989)Lyonesse: Madouc Jack Vance , 1990)Only Begotten Daughter James Morrow , 1991)Boy's Life Robert R. McCammon , 1992)Last Call Tim Powers , 1993)Glimpses Lewis Shiner , 1994)Towing Jehovah James Morrow , 1995)The Prestige Christopher Priest , 1996)Godmother Night Rachel Pollack , 1997)The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford , 1998)The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich , 1999)Thraxas Martin Scott , 2000) 2001-2025
Declare Tim Powers , 2001)Galveston Sean Stewart , 2001)The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin , 2002)The Facts of Life Graham Joyce , 2003)Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip , 2003)Tooth and Claw Jo Walton , 2004)Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke , 2005)Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami , 2006)Soldier of Sidon Gene Wolfe , 2007)Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay , 2008)The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford , 2009)Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan , 2009)The City & the City China Miéville , 2010)Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor , 2011)Osama Lavie Tidhar , 2012)Alif the Unseen G. Willow Wilson , 2013)A Stranger in Olondria Sofia Samatar , 2014)The Bone Clocks David Mitchell , 2015)The Chimes Anna Smaill , 2016)The Sudden Appearance of Hope Claire North , 2017)The Changeling Victor LaValle , 2018)Jade City Fonda Lee , 2018)Witchmark C. L. Polk , 2019)Queen of the Conquered Kacen Callender , 2020)Trouble the Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson , 2021)The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri , 2022)Saint Death's Daughter C.S.E. Cooney , 2023)
