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brunians at brunians.org · 12 May 2008, 20:35 · from 2008-May.txt.gz

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Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 16:35:45 -0400 (EDT)
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I did not like Iron Council and it has left me with a prejudice against
Mieville.


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> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Matthew Keeley
> <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Mi?ville I adore, although I have a
>> possibly-uncomfortable feeling that Bas-Lag is the Discworld done as
>> steampunk (not that the Discworld itself hasn't gotten there recently),
>> and
>> that the whole thing *may* just be an extremely artful retelling of his
>> group's D&D adventures (_Iron Council_, in particular, gave me that
>> feeling).
>
> Interesting.  Iron Council gave me the feeling that I was reading a
> steaming pile of poo.
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