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commented on October by China Miéville

China Miéville: October (2017, Verso) 4 stars

"Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside …

I distinctly remember all the theory-folk I followed on Twitter describing this as a 'novelisation'. Now I'm a good way in and I'm beginning to wonder if those people had ever read a novel before?

Maybe things will change when the narrative reaches the titular month, but for now it is more reminiscent of a Mike Duncan podcast. Not a criticism ofc, just very strange to me that anyone could read this as anything other than a (accessible, well-written) history book 🤷