It had acquired a name, Spatters, that reflected the desultory randomness of its outlines: the whole stinking shanty-town seemed to have dribbled like shit from the sky.
China MiévilleThere's something intrinsically radical about the fantastic aesthetic - starting from the premise that the impossible is true, attempting to undermine expectations.
China MiévilleStichwörter: fantasy impossible
It is depressing to have to point out, yet again, that there is a distinction between having the legal right to say something
China MiévilleStichwörter: freedom-of-speech bigotry accountability whining
Cooking and eating were growing to irritate her with their relentless necessity.
China MiévilleOn the World Fantasy Award: The award is a bust of H.P. Lovecraft, a notable author but also notorious racist. Nnedi Okorafor, who won the award in 2011, wrote that she approved of China Miéville's solution, who claims: "I put it out of sight, in my study, where only I can see it, and I have turned it to face the wall. So I am punishing the little fucker like the malevolent clown he was, I can look at it and remember the honour, and above all I am writing behind Lovecraft’s back.
China MiévilleNow the Ariekei were learning to speak, and to think, and it hurt.
China MiévilleIsaac liked the idea of an inter-aspectual entity so enamored with knowledge that it just roamed from realm to realm in a bath, murmuring with interest at everything it came across.
China MiévilleIts surface sheened with saft that evaporated out from its crystal shielding in threads that degraded to nothing.
China MiévilleThe aim of a PhD's to ensure that no one, including your advisor, understands what you're doing after the first couple of years.
China MiévilleStichwörter: phd
A mile below the lowest cloud, rock breaches water and the sea begins.
It has been given many names. Each inlet and bay and stream has been classified as if it were discrete. But it is one thing, where borders are absurd. It fills the space between stones and sand, curling around coastlines and filling trenches between the continents.
Stichwörter: opening-lines water sea oceans awesomeness
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