A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge. China Miéville

China Miéville

Goodreads author profile

born

September 06, 1972 in Norwich, England, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://chinamieville.net/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction, Weird Fiction

influences

J.G. Ballard, Michael de Larrabeiti, Thomas Disch, William Durbin, Joh...more

member since

May 2011

About this author

A British "fantastic fiction" writer. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" (after early 20th century pulp and horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird who consciously attempt to move fantasy away from commercial, genre clichés of Tolkien epigons. He is also active in left-wing politics as a member of the Socialist Workers Party. He has stood for the House of Commons for the Socialist Alliance, and published a book on Marxism and international law.