Caroline Edwards

Tony Venezia

Since the publication of his first novel in 1998, China Miéville has distinguished himself as one of the most exciting and inventive writers working in any genre in contemporary British fiction. The author of nine novels and two short story collections to date, as well as comics script-writing, numerous critical works on science fiction, and legal scholarship, Miéville is a critically acclaimed writer who has also achieved popular success. The chapters in this collection respond to the range of interests that have shaped Miéville's fiction from his influential role in contemporary genre debates, to his ability to pose serious philosophical questions about state control, revolutionary struggle, regimes of apartheid, and the function of international law in a globalised world. This collection demonstrates how Miéville's fictions offer a striking example of contemporary literature's ability to imagine alternatives to neoliberal capitalism at a time of crisis for leftist ideas within the political realm.

Critical Essays

China Miéville

Bianca Leggett

This title includes discussion of the cosmopolitan novel, comics, neo-Victorian fiction, historical hiction, London, psychogeography, environmental crisis, gaming, cybernetics, David Peace, Andrew O'Hagan, Hilary Mantel, Scarlett Thomas, China Mieville, Salman Rushdie, Indra Sinha, Jeff Noon, Ali Smith, and much more.

Twenty-First-Century British Fiction

Joe Sutliff Sanders

Sherryl Vint

Roger Luckhurst

Raphael Zähringer

Anthony F. Lang, Jr.

Ben De Bruyn

Mark P. Williams

Dougal McNeill

Paul March-Russell

Matthew Sangster

The chapters in this collection respond to the range of interests that have shaped Miéville's fiction from his influential role in contemporary genre debates, to his ability to pose serious philosophical questions about state control, revolutionary struggle, regimes of apartheid, and the function of international law in a globalized world. This collection demonstrates how Miéville's fictions offer a striking example of contemporary literature's ability to imagine alternatives to neoliberal capitalism at a time of crisis for leftist ideas within the political realm.

Tony Venezia

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