China Miéville's Kraken
Supercontext: an autopsy of media · Charlie Bennett
June 2, 20171h 34mExplicit
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Show Notes
China Miéville's novel Kraken is a meandering fantasy comedy full of political themes and a love for weird monsters. How does this author manage to weave together so many themes and genres into one book? And why does he think J.R.R. Tolkien is a "wen on the arse of fantasy"?
Additional Resources:
- Reveling in Genre: An Interview with China Miéville
- Kraken: China Miéville interview
- A Category Unto Himself: The Works of China Miéville
- China Miéville: My new book takes the idea of the squid cult very seriously
- CHINA MIÉVILLE [SCIENCE-FICTION AUTHOR]
- This Squidpocalypse Makes Its Own Fun: Kraken by China Miéville
- Tolkien - Middle Earth Meets Middle England
- Making Squid the Meat of a Story
- With "Kraken," China Miéville sinks tentacles into contemporary London