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China Miéville

チャイナ・ミーヴィル

Chaina Mieville

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1972-09-06 （Norwich, Norfolk, England）
国籍
British, American
言語
English
居住地歴
Willesden → London (since early childhood) → Chicago (writer-in-residence at Roosevelt University, 2012–13)

経歴

職業
novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, comic book author, non-fiction writer
活動期間
1998年〜
所属
Salvage Publications (director), Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
所属団体
Left Unity (founding member), Former member of International Socialist Organization and Socialist Workers Party
影響を受けた人物
M. John Harrison, Michael Moorcock, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, J. G. Ballard, Mervyn Peake
ノミネート
King Rat — Bram Stoker Award (nominated), King Rat — International Horror Guild (nominated), Multiple nominations for BSFA, Nebula and other awards

学歴

Clare College, Cambridge
Social anthropology
学位: BA
期間: 1990–1994
卒業年: 1994
国: United Kingdom
Undergraduate degree in social anthropology. Taught English in Egypt at age 18.
London School of Economics
International law
学位: PhD
期間: 1994–2001
卒業年: 2001
国: United Kingdom
PhD thesis on a Marxist theory of international law, later published as a book.
Harvard University (Frank Knox fellowship)
国: United States
Held a Frank Knox fellowship.

受賞歴

Arthur C. Clarke Award
2001
対象作品: Perdido Street Station
主催: Arthur C. Clarke Award committee
結果: Won
Arthur C. Clarke Award
2005
対象作品: Iron Council
主催: Arthur C. Clarke Award committee
結果: Won
Arthur C. Clarke Award
2010
対象作品: The City & the City
主催: Arthur C. Clarke Award committee
結果: Won
Hugo Award (Best Novel)
2010
対象作品: The City & the City
主催: World Science Fiction Society
結果: Won (tie)
World Fantasy Award
2010
対象作品: The City & the City
主催: World Fantasy Awards committee
結果: Won
Kitschies Award
2009
対象作品: The City & the City
主催: The Kitschies
結果: Won
Guggenheim Fellowship
2018
部門: Fiction
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: Won
Locus Awards (multiple)
2010
対象作品: The City & the City / others
主催: Locus
結果: Won

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

King Rat

1998年 Horror/Fantasy

An early novel mixing urban myth and fantasy, set in contemporary London where the protagonist confronts strange forces.

the citymonstrositymusic and revenge

Perdido Street Station

2000年 New Weird / Urban fantasy

Set in the great city of New Crobuzon, a complex tale where science and magic collide, exploring diverse species and class conflicts.

urban othernessclass strugglepower and exploitation

The Scar

2002年 Sea quest fantasy / New Weird

A seafaring adventure featuring a floating city and its inhabitants, exploring empire and resistance.

journey and discoveryresistance movementscritique of imperialism

Iron Council

2004年 Western / political fantasy

An epic about an iron train and a workers' uprising, thematically concerned with revolution, betrayal, memory and history.

revolutionmemory and historylabor movements

The City & the City

2009年 Detective noir / speculative fiction

A crime novel set in a strange situation where two cities overlap spatially; it examines perception, borders and political symbolism.

perception and bordersstate and politicslaw and order
映像化・舞台化
  • [TV series] The City & the City (BBC2) (2018)
  • [Stage play] The City & the City (Lifeline Theatre) / Dorothy Milne (2013)

Kraken

2010年 Urban weird / speculative

A story about London's underground, cults and a missing creature (the kraken), exploring intersections of culture and belief.

cult and beliefurban underworldsubculture

Embassytown

2011年 Science fiction / linguistic fiction

A science fiction novel about alien language and communication, exploring how language shapes reality and politics.

language and perceptioncolonialismidentity

Railsea

2012年 Adventure / steampunk-influenced

An adventure set in a world where the railway is like an ocean; it follows young protagonists on a voyage of growth and exploration.

adventurecoming-of-agecolonial metaphors

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

2017年 Non-fiction / history

A historical non-fiction account of the tumultuous year of the 1917 Russian Revolution, written from a political perspective.

revolutionary historypolitical historyMarxist analysis

全著作

  • King Rat (1998)
  • Perdido Street Station (2000)
  • The Scar (2002)
  • Iron Council (2004)
  • Looking for Jake (short stories, 2005)
  • Un Lun Dun (2007)
  • The City & the City (2009)
  • Kraken (2010)
  • Embassytown (2011)
  • Railsea (2012)
  • Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories (2015)
  • October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (2017)
  • A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto (2022)

翻案

  • The City & the City — BBC2 TV adaptation (2018)
  • The City & the City — Lifeline Theatre stage production (2013)
  • Estate (short film based on the story "Estate", 2020)

作品の翻訳

  • Perdido Street Station (translated into Japanese and other languages)
  • The City & the City (translated into Japanese and other languages)

作風・主題

文体
New Weird surrealismdetail-rich urban descriptionpolitical/Marxist inflected critique
頻出モチーフ
the city and its monstrosityambiguous borders and perceptionclass struggle and resistancelanguage and reality

評価・遺産

China Miéville is a leading figure of the New Weird movement and holds the record for the most Arthur C. Clarke Award wins (three). His distinctive urban worldbuilding and political concerns have had a major influence on contemporary speculative fiction and have attracted scholarly attention.

関連学会

  • Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)

資料所蔵先

  • British Library (possible holdings of related materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • TV adaptation of The City & the City (BBC2, 2018)
  • Perdido Street Station cited as an influence for tabletop RPG designers (e.g., D&D 5e inspiration)

引用

  • I plan to write a novel in every genre.
    出典: Interviews / public statements (summary) (2005年)
  • I praise Tolkien for his contributions to fantasy, although I am critical of certain aspects.
    出典: Blog post / essay (2009年)

豆知識

  • The given name "China" was chosen by his parents from a dictionary.
  • Appeared as an extra in the film Notting Hill (1999).
  • Played many tabletop RPGs (Dungeons & Dragons etc.) in youth, influencing his systems of magic and theology.
  • Collaborated with Keanu Reeves on a reported novel announced in 2024 (The Book of Elsewhere).
  • Holds the record for most Arthur C. Clarke Award wins (three).