Embassytown

China Miéville

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Tor U.K.
01 March 2012

Science fiction; Future Society

"From the award-winning author of Perdido Street Station and The City & the City

""Richly conceived."" The New York Times Book Review

Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe.

Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer, the sea of space and time below the everyday, now returned to her birth planet. Here on Arieka, humans are not the only intelligent life, and Avice has a rare bond with the natives, the enigmatic Hosts - who cannot lie.

Only a tiny cadre of unique human Ambassadors can speak Language, and connect the two communities. But an unimaginable new arrival has come to Embassytown. And when this Ambassador speaks, everything changes.

Catastrophe looms. Avice knows the only hope is for her to speak directly to the alien Hosts.

And that is impossible.

PRAISE FOR CHINA MIEVILLE

""[Mieville s] wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing."" Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian (on Three Moments of an Explosion)

""Dark and thought-provoking."" The San Diego Union-Tribune (on The City & The City)

""Mieville more than delivers."" San Francisco Chronicle (on Kraken)

""Compulsively readable."" The Washington Post Book World (on Perdido Street Station)"

By: China Miéville
Imprint: Tor U.K.
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 282g
ISBN: 9780330533072
ISBN 10: 033053307X
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
Recommended Age: 16
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

China Mieville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award (Perdido Street Station, Iron Council and The City & The City) and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice (Perdido Street Station and The Scar). The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published in 2009 to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell (The Times) and Philip K. Dick (Guardian). His most recent novel, Kraken, was published in 2010.