Oct 20, 2025
The city and the city. Good read, but I do wonder what mieville is trying to say. It partly seems to be commenting on the absurdity of borders. No one ever directly confronts the absurdity of the cleavage, which I realize is the point, but the book seems to favor the cleavage, that it’s a good thing, that while it may have its problems it’s a viable long term solution instead of forcing two disparate groups to subject themselves to the same political authority. But that essentially amounts to a defense of borders and border control (breach is also portrayed as a good, ultimately necessary thing. Breach is functionally ICE).
Genuinely curious because I doubt mieville was trying (or wanted) to say any of that
