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My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give.
China Mieville
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China Mieville
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 6
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Remember the movements that don't look like moving.
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Subby Subby Subby, whispered Goss. Keep those little bells on your slippers as quiet as you can. Sparklehorse and Starpink have managed to creep out of Apple Palace past all the monkeyfish, but if we're silent as tiny goblins we can surprise them and then all frolic off together in the Meadow of Happy Kites.
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My sustenance is information. My interventions are hidden. I increase as I learn. I compute, so I am.
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I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.
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