The Progeny

matthew.malthouse · 28 Feb 2003, 18:09 · from urth-v0302.mbox · original

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From: matthew.malthouse at guardian.co.uk
Subject: RE: (urth) The Progeny
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 18:09:42 +0000
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On 28/02/2003 16:03:48 cilluff1 wrote:

>   Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville, I
>thought was mostly very interesting, detailed and enthralling, but in
parts
>seemed to bite off more than it could chew (every once in a while it hit
>you over the head too much, I would think "now I know how he writes such
>large books so quickly, he doesn't edit").

I'd partially agree.

The sequel  "The Scar" is slightly thiner.  :-)


Matthew



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