China Mieville wins unprecedented Arthur C Clarke award triple!
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Date: 11 May 2010 |
THE CITY AND THE CITY has won China the UK's most prestigious science ficiton prize. It is set up as a straightforward crime novel: in the dilapidated city of Beszel in eastern Europe, Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad is trying to solve what initially looks like a routine case. But as he looks deeper into the murder of a mysterious woman, he discovers that she has links to Ul Qoma, a city that exists in the same physical space as Beszel but whose inhabitants studiously ignore any sign of overlap. China Mieville has previously won the prize for PERDIDO STREET STATION and IRON COUNCIL, his more traditional fantasy novels. THE CITY AND THE CITY is China's first venture into crime fiction - albeit with a fantastical edge - and is very different from his other books. He declares himself 'absolutely gobsmacked' and 'incredibly honoured' to win the Arthur C Clarke, an award originally established by Clarke himself to help promote science fiction in Britain, for a third time. |
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