
137: A 2007 Interview with China Mieville
Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column
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The Importance of What We Do Matters
I prefer the idea of seeing what people who aren't chosen do. That's just more interesting to me. Obaday Feng is a character in this because he, he makes friends with the main character and is fundamentally something of a coward. And his sort of fantastic shtick is that he always needs pins and needles and his head is a pin cushion. Part and parcel of any kind of fantasy like this are the fantastic characters - you have some really interesting, fantastic characters in London once they enter ab city.
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