China Miéville
Hardcover | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.81 | 17448 Users | 1848 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Un Lun Dun |
| ISBN: | 0345495160 (ISBN13: 9780345495167) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Zanna Moon, Deeba Resham, Brokkenbroll, Obaday Fing, Hemi, Joe Jones, Skool |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel (2008), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman jeunesse étranger (2010), Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit Jeunesse (2010), Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Translated Long Form (2011) |
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What is Un Lun Dun? It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book. When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong.Declare Containing Books Un Lun Dun
| Title | : | Un Lun Dun |
| Author | : | China Miéville |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | February 13th 2007 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Urban Fantasy. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Childrens |
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Ratings: 3.81 From 17448 Users | 1848 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books Un Lun Dun
Warning: mild spoilersWhen it comes to creating weird worlds, there is none to beat China Mieville.One only has to look at Perdido Street Station, where weird beings from various mythologies join together in a strange world to create a socially incendiary cocktail. However, that novel was rather thin on story, and none of the characters were actually likeable. But in this book, which is meant for young readers, Mieville has overcome the failing on the story front: it contains a story rattling3.75 starsMy first introduction to Miéville's writing was Railsea. I had an almost instant reaction to it (confusion, frustration, amazement) that only grew stronger as the story progressed (and changed into shock, awe and adoration, and finished with the literary equivalent of being hit on the head with a shovel). Un Lun Dun disappointed me for the supremely unfair (on my behalf) reason that it didn't draw much of a reaction from me.I think that where YA and children's books are concerned,
A sort of kiddie Neverwhere (and Miéville does indeed credit Neil Gaiman in the intro), this is one of those books thats packed with clevernessand really, really aware of it. I like some of Miévilles attempts to turn the typical quest-y fantasy on its earThe Chosen One turns out to be fairly useless! The tasks one must complete to defeat the bad guy are highly skippable!but UnLondon never felt like a real place to me, or its denizens real people. Im still really not sure who Deeba was supposed
Wow. How do I describe this book? Its on the one hand a bit of an ode to all of the quest based, parallel world containing fantasies that have come before: The Wizard of Oz, Narnia, Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, most of Neil Gaimans catalogue, hell even Harry Potter. On the other hand, it undermines the typical tenets of these books in a way thats a bit of a fuck you to the whole genre. It also manages to transcend both of these things and become a decent quest based, parallel world
I wasn't sure whether or not to give this book a 3 or a 4 (if we had a more refined rating system, I'd give it a 3.7/3.8) because it started out a bit slow but as soon as Mieville focused on Deeba, the story picked up its pace and became much more interesting.Short plot outline (which doesn't contain spoilers): Like many young-adult & adult fantasies, there's another version of London (and the world) that exists just "around the corner" or in between the stacks in a library that it's
This was great! A gritty, Pratchetty, deceptive, in control Dorothy type fairy tale with a satisfying end. Only my second Miéville but I want to read everything he's written right now. Review to come
If (for whatever strange reason) you ever wondered what a love child of "Alice in Wonderland" and Gaiman's "Neverwhere" would look like if it were raised by the Master of Weird - well, say hello to Un Lun Dun. 'I know you're not a sidekick.''No one is!' Deeba shouted. 'That's no way to talk about anyone! To say they're just hangers-on to someone more important.'This is an ode to all the sidekicks out there, those who were 'destined' to be on the sidelines, to be the 'funny one' or 'brainy one'
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