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The Scar is a weird fantasy novel by British writer China Miéville, the second set in his Bas-Lag universe. The Scar won the British Fantasy Award and was.
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It's also a caution against imagination, a sobering look at the chaos left in the wake of every mad visionary.

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Sean O'Grady. Tom Peck. Rugby union. Miguel Delaney. US sports. Right into hate right into lies Right back where we've been before A privilege no more now that we've lost. The scar buried within mankind The will that defines all the right from wrong Now fight unless you're willing to die Only the obvious state this. Struck with a punishment that would last for an age Finally it's all black and white Much more simple to answer.

Heroes will rise Enemies fall Right back where they've been before A privilege regained A gift that you own. Pay no more mind To the agony from the burn Let yourself climb To a height never reached before Open to find A path to the pure inside Now is the time. The scar buried within mankind The will that defines all the right from wrong Now fight unless you're willing to die Only the obvious state.

The Scar Broken Iris. Compartilhar no Facebook Compartilhar no Twitter. Envie pra gente. Still, many reviewers think this is better than the first book so I guess it's a matter of taste.

Both books add real character to the cities they portray, fleshing out in detail the various suburbs with their individual personalities. But for me, just like Bellis Coldwine, I wanted to go back to the dirty streets New Crobuzon - Armada just couldn't compete. I'm giving this I had to use the kindle dictionary every time it popped up. PSS: For those too lazy to look up puissant - it's French for "piss ant. View all 26 comments. Aug 18, Stephen rated it it was amazing Shelves: award-nominee-arthur-c-clarke , award-winner-british-fantasy , award-winner-locus , multiple-award-winners , water-logged , multiple-award-nominee , award-nominee-world-fantasy , signed-first-or-limited-edition , 6-star-books , all-time-favorites.

On my list of "All Time Favorite" Novels. This should tell you a lot about how much I think of the authors writing and story-telling ability. In short, he is as good as it gets. The world of "Bas-lag" created by Mieville, of which New Crobuzon is its most famous city, is in my opinion as imaginative and richly detailed a 6.

The world of "Bas-lag" created by Mieville, of which New Crobuzon is its most famous city, is in my opinion as imaginative and richly detailed a world as I have ever read about.

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I think of other amazing worlds or universes like the one created by Frank Herbert in his Dune series, Jack Vance in his Dying Earth series and Tolkien's Middle Earth and I think that the Mieville's world is certainly on par with those other mighty creations. This is about the highest praise I can think to bestow as those other works have few peers in the realm of world building. View all 3 comments. Dec 04, Darwin8u rated it liked it Shelves: There are chapters and lines and threads of this novel that contained amazing prose, brilliant ideas, funky characters, compelling themes, etc.

I loved the motifs and themes China used: possibilities, scars, home, books, politics, community, etc. But there were also just too damn many pages. It could have been edited better. Also, someone a puissant editor, perhaps? A reader who is paying attention is going to allow a word like gout or puissant to pop up just a few times in a novel that is pages. Once you start dropping it in almost every chapter it practically begs the reader to start snickering or slap their forehead. But still I liked the novel. I devoted a few days to reading it. I loved its potential, and my review is just me letting off some steam ba dum tss about it not living up to what I hoped.

I will, eventually, read his other books. I just don't feel compelled to read Iron Council tomorrow. For me, I felt the same let down after reading Kraken - 4 stars but maybe 3. But hell, the guy still has managed to turn out better SF than most.

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It was infinitely better than Cherie Priest's Boneshaker. Seriously, I had to bell, book and candle that piece of steampunk shit.

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Only time healed those stupid steampunk wounds and I still have the scars. View 2 comments. Mar 25, Brad rated it it was amazing Shelves: to-read-again , faves , speculative , mieville I restarted The Scar last night because I needed a dose of Mieville's prose, and was blown away, as I always am, by Mieville's description of place.

This time he is describing Bas-Lag's oceans. He captures flavours and temperatures and underwater sounds and the danger inherent in the waters that have no boundaries in a way that is poetry for me. I have heard from other readers that these disconnected, deep descriptions are difficult beginnings for them, that they make it tough to connect early I restarted The Scar last night because I needed a dose of Mieville's prose, and was blown away, as I always am, by Mieville's description of place.

I have heard from other readers that these disconnected, deep descriptions are difficult beginnings for them, that they make it tough to connect early with Mieville's world, and I suppose I can understand that, but the pure beauty of the prose is the sort of thing I could read just for itself. Pull it out of the story, make it a fragment, and I would savour it like a tasty meal I was eating for the first time. On the story level, the opening of The Scar is both an important introduction to the story where so much will happen on Bas-Lag's oceans and an instant tug away from New Crobuzon, the steaming Metropolis at the heart of Perdido Street Station.

It offers a hint of a vaster, less crowded, but no less dangerous place wherein he-cray hunt with their squid and danger rises from the deep to slaughter hunter-gatherers indiscriminately. It's a reversal of the horror of the Slake Moths from Perdido Street where death fell from the sky, and I imagine it was an intentional reversal. Just the opening is good enough for me to give The Scar five stars. And I am nowhere near Armada yet.