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In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with 'Dungeons and Dragons,' so that whole world-building thing is very close to my heart.

~China Mieville

Topics: Close Dragons Dungeons Fantastic Fiction Field Grew Heart Question Thing Up Very Whole

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I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer.

~China Mieville

Topics: Became Been Convention Never Professional Science-Fiction Until Writer

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I don't like allegory.

~China Mieville

Topics: Allegory Like

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I do, however, feel reasonably strongly the sense that the job of a piece of argumentative scholarly non-fiction is not the same as the job of a piece of fiction.

~China Mieville

Topics: Feel Fiction However Job Non-Fiction Piece Reasonably Same Scholarly Sense Strongly

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There's plenty of stuff that I don't feel dissident about: I really like tea, I don't have any problem with that. I like lots of paintings.

~China Mieville

Topics: About Any Feel Like Lots Paintings Plenty Problem Really Stuff Tea

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

~China Mieville

Topics: Attention Covers Deserves Fantastic Fantasy Fiction Get Horror Science Science Fiction

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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 pass for a non-geek but it would be inaccurate.

~China Mieville

Topics: Because Clothing Could Dark Exists Geeks Get Inaccurate Lot Much Often Out Pale Pass Stereotype True Very Wear Would

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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 people are geeks. Anyone who has heard Donald Rumsfeld talk about military hardware knows they are in the presence of a geek.

~China Mieville

Topics: About Anyone Big Bill Bill Gates Clearly Condoleezza Donald Filmmakers Gates Geek Geeks Hardware Heard Knows Lots Many Military People Presence Rice Run Talk Who World Writers

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: September 6th, 1972

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