I’m teaching a course in Weird Fiction at the University of Warwick, so this has come up a lot.
: What does the word ‘weird’ mean to you?Ĭhina Miéville: I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. (And never fear - all of the great books referenced will be linked to along with all others mentioned in our other 12 Days features, in a wrap-up post at the end.) – Jeff VanderMeer Also on this site you can read part of his afterword to The Weird compendium and his essay on the weird and hauntology. The 2012 section was conducted via email. That 2008 interview was conducted via instant messenger. I have also grafted on, in Frankenstein monster fashion, the relevant portion of a 2008 interview published in the 85 th anniversary issue of Weird Tales. The monsters theme of the conference inspired us to host “12 Days of Monsters” here at - and I was pleased to be able to interview Miéville about monsters. Miéville is one of the guest of honor at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, March 21 – 24. Later novels like The City and the City (2009) and Embassytown (2011) feature a more stripped-down approach without sacrificing the visionary quality of the weird. Miéville’s early novels - including Perdido Street Station (2000) and The Scar (2002) - fused the weird with body transformation, Marxist politics, secondary world settings, and a bold style.
He has won the World Fantasy Award and multiple Arthur C. China Miéville (1972 - ) is an influential English writer known for revitalizing weird fiction.
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