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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Talos" data-source="post: 1400691" data-attributes="member: 12577">I'll have to land on the side that Perdido Street Station is not as good as the hype will have you believe.  I will agree that China Mieville writes decently but the book comes off as trying to be too hip and fresh.As far as fresh new ideas it has been rough since the publishers are looking for things that fit the fantasy mold.  Gene Wolfe is always a good bet as well as Tad Williams.  You should get a lot of inspiration from these.  I have also though that using the themes from Dune would work well in a fantasy campaign.It seems to be a trend in literature in general; they have run out of ideas and have basically fallen back on trying to twist old ideas so much that it has become predictable and boring.Hopefully something new and exciting will come out in the next few years.</blockquote>