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Review: The City and The City, by China Miéville

August 24, 2009 Books and Reading

In the European city of Beszel, the body of a murdered woman is found; Inspector Tyador Borlú is assigned the case, but further investigation leads him to believe that the murder is not as routine as it looks at first glance: the woman appears to have connections with the city of Ul Qoma.
This complicates [...]

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“Blended” Genres: Do You Like Them, or Hate Them?

August 5, 2009 Books and Reading

Every now and then, I come across a blog post that asks, is there a genre you never read?
I used to say “historical fiction”; hesitatingly, of course, because in the back of my mind I know that “never” is too strong a word and I don’t know what might come my way in this genre [...]

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Incoming! The City & The City, by China Miéville

July 15, 2009 Books and Reading

Incoming! is a feature at Ms. Bookish that chronicles new books that have arrived in the Ms. Bookish household. Here’s one of the latest new arrivals:
The City & The City, by China Miéville
About the Book:
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be [...]

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