Interview with China Mieville in the Guardian

[Locksmith]

For those who are interested, there's an interview with China in the Guardian in relation to his new book:

China Mieville talks children's books with Michelle Pauli | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books

I like his philosophy:

"When I was moving into my new house a few years ago we were having all our kitchen stuff delivered and my then-partner got off the phone, turned to me and said 'the fridge men are coming,'" explains Miéville. "Now, it seems to me that there are two kinds of people: those that hear that sentence and think 'oh good, delivery of the white goods', and then there's those people who imagine a kind of enormous cyborg thing..." Miéville trails off. There's absolutely no doubting which camp he falls into.

 

[ravenus]

Hey, cool interview and thanks for the link

But I will still wait for other reader's opinions before picking up a children's book by him.

 

[Nesacat]

Definitely an enourmous cyborg thing bearing ginger beer ... at least that was what I thought and was half way down the corridor to go see before it occured to me that it might be otherwise


... and Un Lun Dun is worth checking out.

 

[tori_bingham]

Fridge men! I'd imagine weird hybrids of man and chiller cabinet, too