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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 1688518" data-attributes="member: 259">Yeah, I can understand folks not liking his politics; without discussing the particulars, I'll just say that his politics inform his books as heavily as, say, Heinlein, and if you find his politics disagreeable, his books might be similarly disagreeable.&nbsp; I enjoy that aspect of them.&nbsp;As for the weirdness, he does sort of hint at its explanation--not so much in Perdido Street Station as in The Scar and Iron Council.&nbsp; There's an energy called Torque that's responsible for a lot of what's going on, and it's tied to two landscape features:&nbsp; the Cacotopic Stain, and The Scar itself.&nbsp; &nbsp;I don't find it weird for the sake of weirdness, any more than Conan is violent for the sake of violence.&nbsp; The weirdness really adds to the storytelling for me.&nbsp;But it's a matter of individual taste, of course, and de gustibus etc.&nbsp;Olive, I forget where I heard about his next book--it was an interview somewhere online.&nbsp; Same thing for his Gene Wolfe recommendation:&nbsp; I was looking up a Mieville quote about Weird Fiction to answer someone's query about the topic, and ran across the recommendation in which he said Wolfe was one of the greatest living authors.&nbsp; Figured I'd check it out.&nbsp;Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 1688518, member: 259"] Yeah, I can understand folks not liking his politics; without discussing the particulars, I'll just say that his politics inform his books as heavily as, say, Heinlein, and if you find his politics disagreeable, his books might be similarly disagreeable. I enjoy that aspect of them. As for the weirdness, he does sort of hint at its explanation--not so much in [i]Perdido Street Station[/i] as in [i]The Scar [/i]and[i] Iron Council[/i]. There's an energy called Torque that's responsible for a lot of what's going on, and it's tied to two landscape features: the Cacotopic Stain, and The Scar itself. I don't find it weird for the sake of weirdness, any more than Conan is violent for the sake of violence. The weirdness really adds to the storytelling for me. But it's a matter of individual taste, of course, and de gustibus etc. [b]Olive[/b], I forget where I heard about his next book--it was an interview somewhere online. Same thing for his Gene Wolfe recommendation: I was looking up a Mieville quote about Weird Fiction to answer someone's query about the topic, and ran across the recommendation in which he said Wolfe was one of the greatest living authors. Figured I'd check it out. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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