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I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

~China Mieville

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Personally I don't like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.

~China Mieville

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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, they can often learn about their own books.

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I love it when people want to interpret my books.

~China Mieville

Topics: Books Interpret Love People Want I Love

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I love monsters.

~China Mieville

Topics: Love Monsters I Love

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I remember vividly what it's like to read as a 10-year-old - that passionate inhabiting of a book.

~China Mieville

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I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek.

~China Mieville

Topics: Fantasy Fiction Geek Science Science Fiction

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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 relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn't feel fair.

~China Mieville

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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 parsimony has become the norm for skilful literary writing.

~China Mieville

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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 self-conscious awareness of its own failure to touch the real.

~China Mieville

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: September 6th, 1972

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