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Originally Posted by NewChief
Read "RailSea" by China Mieville.
Basically post apocalyptic/steampunk world that is a "rail sea." That is, everyone voyages on trains and is afraid to put their feet on the ground because... all sorts of vermin are now mutatedly huge and carnivorous.
The action is centered on a "moling" train that goes out and hunts giant moles with harpoons. This particular one's captain is in search of a great white mole... sounding familiar yet? Anyway, it's typical crazy Mieville writing that's at times hard to follow and decipher. Very fun book, though.
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OMG I think I love you.
China Mieville is my Favorite, absolute Favorite, contemporary writer.
I have all his books on my bookself.
Compared to
EmbassyTown or
Perdido Street Station,
Rail Sea was an easy read.
You really liked that one, check out all of his books. I suggest trying
The City The City, it is a great detective novel stilling keeping that "weird" vibe he writes with and his syntax isn't too hard to follow in that book.
http://www.amazon.com/China-Mi%C3%A9...617&sr=8-2-ent
/And yes His name and the book RailSea are a tribute to Melville and Moby Dick. He has another book that kinda has hunting a giant whale in it too
The Scar