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myz_lilith ([personal profile] myz_lilith) wrote2010-09-22 11:59 pm

Dreams as nightmares

Short but interesting interview with China Mieville on the darker side of storytelling:
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/95488

[identity profile] boxcat.livejournal.com 2010-09-23 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Er, yeah.

I think bits of that interview are destined for Pseuds Corner.

[identity profile] myz-lilith.livejournal.com 2010-09-23 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
Probably :-) But it's got such a beautifully heavy-handed forced narrative for a piece about the inherent dangers of narrative. And besides (and more to the point) I'm a sucker for anything that plays with the idea of words as weaponry.