China Miéville is a relatively new
British author of
speculative fiction. He graduated from
Cambridge in 1994 and is currently working on his
PhD in
economics. He is also a politically active
socialist who will be running in the next
election.
Miéville's first
novel is "
King Rat" (1998), an
urban fantasy set in
contemporary London, offering a different perspective on the
legend of the
Pied Piper.
"
Perdido Street Station" (2000), Miéville's second
novel, is a
masterful blend of
urban fantasy,
steampunk,
horror and
slipstream, set in the fictional
metropolis New Crobuzon.
In 2002, Miéville released "
The Scar", another excellent
novel set in the same world as "
Perdido Street Station".