China Mieville Interview




The Book Club show

Summary: Three-time winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award and seemingly permanent resident on the Nebula and Hugo award shortlists, China Mieville’s novels are dense with ideas; positively bursting at the seams with concepts that could happily sustain a novel of their own. The author of 10 books of weird fiction, as well as a collection of short stories, he’s also eruditely academic. His PhD thesis was published in 2005 as a book: Between Equal Rights, A Marxist Theory of International Law. His latest novel is Railsea. A fantastical journey through a world crossed with rail-lines, populated with terrifying predators, where a train captain chases her white Moldywarpe - the giant mole who took her arm. Stunning prose abounds, as always, and it was a treat to have China join Sky on the line to talk about Melville, giant monsters, Dial H For Hero and the future of publishing. Originally broadcast on 07/03/2013. Railsea is out through Pan Macmillan.