- @ALEC_EMPIRE Surely this upside down tweet should be about gigs in the southern hemisphere? in reply to ALEC_EMPIRE ->
- @canada_bear THE UK ONE IS AMAZEFACE. AMAAAAAZEFACE in reply to canada_bear ->
- Augh. Drama over my mum trying to renew her car insurance because she didn't read the terms and conditions & is getting shirty for no reason ->
- Seriously. READ the T&Cs before you agree to pay money for anything. omg. ->
- Admittedly, I'm one of those weirdos that reads T&Cs even when signing up for a free website ->
- @JamesHunt @sebpatrick Will you be writing angry messages on your future ballot papers instead? in reply to JamesHunt ->
- @eoincmacken It's worse if you have to wear the specs over your own specs. Bad enough being a 6-eyes, worse when they don't fit right in reply to eoincmacken ->
- @villainny the sugar free bonjela is highly disappointing in reply to villainny ->
- TUVOK IS IN SEAQUEST OMG ->
- @eruvadhril @MarkDoesStuff AHAHAYES in reply to eruvadhril ->
- OMG SETH GREEN IS IN THIS EPISODE TOO ->
- @silverturnsgrey Heh I got another Seaquest DVD from lovefilm. This one has TUVOK. in reply to silverturnsgrey ->
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Review: Kraken
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love books that deal with religions. Especially made up ones. I love books that deal with the whole world within a world/city within a city/otherside/invisible reality trope.
This kind of SMOOSHES them together. Which is ideal really.
I did read a few reviews where Mieville is accused of sticking in too many made up words and that making it harder to understand. I didn’t get that at all. If you need a word or term for something and there isn’t one, then make it up. At lease he draws on existing language to actually make the new terms make sense.
Although that might just be me, as I learnt a good deal of the vocabulary I possess by figuring out what words meant in context. It’s a pain in the next when I actually have to explain something to my mum, but it does come in handy with crosswords.
Originally published at half girl, half robot. You can comment here or there.