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Kraken

China Miéville

  • 509 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 2010
  • 16 editions
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1 About this book

Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in the US by Del Rey Books. The book bears the subtitle "An Anatomy" on the title page. It was the winner for the 2011 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

Miéville has described the book as "a dark comedy about a squid-worshipping cult and the end of the world. It takes the idea of the squid cult very seriously. Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they’re not absurd."

Good for readers who want: a thriller, urban fantasy, magic, and a long read.

  • Magic
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  • Thrillers
  • Crime
  • Fantasy
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Science fiction
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy

2 About China Miéville

Born 1972

China Tom Miéville ( mee-AY-vəl, born 6 September 1972) is a British speculative fiction writer and literary critic. He often describes his work as "weird fiction", and is allied to the loosely associated movement of writers called New Weird. Miéville has won multiple awards for his fiction, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, Hugo Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Awards.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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