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H. Rider Haggard talks about an interesting encounter:

"One day I took the manuscript of “King Solomon’s Mines” to be bound by Mr. H. Glaisher the bookseller. In the carriage of the Underground Railway I perceived an old lady engaged in a close, indeed an almost ferocious study of the map (showing the route to King Solomon's Mine) printed at the beginning of the printed volume which rested on her knees. This was too much for me. Drawing the original map from my pocket, I placed it on my knee — we were seated opposite to each other — and began to study it with like attention. The old lady looked up and saw. She stared first at her map and then at mine, and stared, and stared. Twice she opened her mouth to speak, but I suppose was too shy, nor did I, apparently absorbed in the contemplation of my map, written in blood upon a dirty piece of torn linen, the shirt-tail of Don Jose de Silvestra, give her the slightest encouragement. The end of it was that she seemed to come to the conclusion that that railway carriage in which we were alone together was no place for her. Suddenly, as we were about to leave a station, she sprang up and leapt from the train, at which, the unfolded map still in her hand, she gazed bewildered until it vanished into the tunnel."

H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa. After returning to England in 1882, Haggard published a book on the political situation in South Africa, as well as a handful of unsuccessful novels, before writing the book for which he is most famous, King Solomon's Mines. The book was so successful that the publishing company had trouble printing copies fast enough to meet demand.

China Miéville is an English fantasy fiction author, comic writer and academic. He is fond of describing his work as "weird fiction" and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Wei...

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China Miéville is active in left-wing politics in the UK and has previously been a member of the International Socialist Organization (US), and the short-lived International Socialist Network. He published his PhD thesis on Marxism and international law. In this video, he talks briefly about wearing the two hats of politics and fantasy.

I’m a science fiction and fantasy geek. I love this stuff. And when I write my novels, I’m not writing them to make political points. I’m writing them because I passionately love monsters and the weird and horror stories and strange situations and surrealism, and what I want to do is communicate that. But, because I come at this with a political perspective, the world that I’m creating is embedded with many of the concerns that I have... I’m trying to say I’ve invented this world that I think is really cool and I have these really big stories to tell in it and one of the ways that I find to make that interesting is to think about it politically. If you want to do that too, that’s fantastic. But if not, isn’t this a cool monster?

China Miéville, author of King Rat, talks about writing

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What is the setting of China Miéville's debut novel King Rat?

A. Italy B. Beszel C. London D. Bas-lag

China Miéville's first debut novel was "King Rat."

China Miéville's first debut novel was "King Rat." It follows the life of Saul Garamond. Saul Garamond returns to the flat he shares with his father in London late one evening, skipping on greetings and heading straight to bed. In the morning he is awakened by police pounding on the door, demanding his arrest. His father has died and he is the lone suspect in his father's murder case. After spending most of the day being interrogated and in a holding cell, Saul finds he has a mysterious visitor, who introduces himself as King Rat. King Rat helps Saul escape and informs him that he has been set up to take the fall for his father's death. King Rat also tells Saul of his rat ancestry and Saul, being half rat, discovers the use of his abilities such as being able to eat anything, even garbage, and squeezing into holes and shadows too small for other creatures. Saul is soon brought into King Rat's plan for revenge against an ancient enemy. Saul must now confront the forces that would use him, the forces that would destroy him, and the forces that shape his own bizarre identity.

Let's get to know China Miéville. His books are a re-imagined realm of fantasy fiction that he likes to refer to as "weird fiction."

Sara Douglas is the author of five fantasy series. Her first two series, The Axis Trilogy and The Wayfarer Redemption, brought the most attention to her as a fantasy writer. During her lifetime, sh...

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