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Default China Mievelle - 06-01-2007, 15:37

Just read UnLunDun and it is fantastic, a weird twist on the Wizard of Oz with a slightly eccentric eco message. Anyone else read this or anything else by Mievelle?
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Default 06-01-2007, 17:04

I've got Perdido Street Station and have started it twice but not got anywhere. The purple prose style really puts me off.


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Default 06-01-2007, 17:43

"Purple prose" ?


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Default 06-02-2007, 10:43

Wikipedia entry on purple prose.

Mieville's writing is loaded with overwrought imagery and stuffed with too many adjectives, to the point where I, as a squeamishly moderate English sort of person, can hardly stand to read it. It feels embarrassing - like, dude, put that stuff away, will you?


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Default 06-04-2007, 19:38

What we commoners call "overdoing it a tad".


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Default 06-05-2007, 10:34

Exactly.


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