I've read Mieville's "Perdido Street Station," which I would
recommend highly. And yet ...
It doesn't "feel" HB to me. Also, even though it's an
sf/fantasy crossover, I'd say that the subjective feel of the
book is more of fantasy. To be specific, gruesome and
Noir-ishly morbid fantasy containing a LOT of incidental
gore.
Something close to HB/SF would be the writings of Pat
Cadigan. The last one of hers that I read was "Tea From An
Emprt Cup." Here's a review
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue86/books.html
There's also a sequel, "Dervish Is Digital," which I've yet
to read.
She's good if you want SF/HB with a female perspective. I
must admit that, reading "Tea" and her earlier "Fools" as
well as several of the short stories, I've yet to be entirely
happy with Cadigan. This is, however, clearly a major writer
and somebody to be reckoned with.
For the record, the novel which people tend to cite as her
Big Work -- and, also, one which I've not read -- is
"Synners."
c.
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From: Patrick <
pat512@mindspring.com> Sent: Nov 29, 2003 2:22 PM To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: HB/Noir
SF
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:09:57 +0000, <
tieresias@att.net> wrote:
> Although I haven't read anything by him, a friend in
the know
> about "cyberpunk" SF/Fantasy is pretty high on
British author China
> Mieville. Anyone heard of or read his
stuff?
On Sat 29 Nov 2003 , Patrick wrote
I've read all three novels. I think he's very good, if still
a little raw. I think I still favor _King Rat_, or parts of
it anyway, but his polish has been increasing rapidly. I
don't think I'd call any of his books hardboiled. I'm never
sure what to call noir.
Pat
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