Kraken is much more fantasy-based than King Rat (which had far too many references to jungle music for my liking), and is quite geeky in places.
Mieville is generally never an easy read (the only exception being Un Lun Dun, a young adult book which is similar in concept to Gaiman's Neverwhere) but Kraken is much closer to "mainstream" than many of his other books.
Give it a go; I can loan it to you on Monday, if you're coming down to Leith for Tim's birthday drinks.
That would be tricky, as I am still in Norway. I won't be back till the 11th.
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Kraken, by China Mieville
- 02/01/2011 01:21:44 PM
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I really did not like King Rat
- 02/01/2011 02:55:16 PM
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I think you might.
- 02/01/2011 03:17:08 PM
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Re: I think you might.
- 02/01/2011 03:24:59 PM
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Yeah, the ending got in the way of an otherwise really enjoyable book
- 02/01/2011 04:38:24 PM
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Coolness. I'll definitely put that on The List™. *NM*
- 02/01/2011 06:21:21 PM
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I thought the other list was the Trademarked one.
- 02/01/2011 07:59:58 PM
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Really, rebekah, I think you can be generous here. Let him add Kraken to both lists. *NM*
- 02/01/2011 09:09:37 PM
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Re: I am going to pick this up, and soon. Thanks for the review. 
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- 07/01/2011 06:06:29 PM
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- 07/01/2011 06:06:29 PM
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