Thanks, rich! / (np) the city and the city

[rich]

yr welcome, Michael

re: Mieville--the Last Days of New Paris had many Pynchon-echoes. and its a
quick read. think i may have posted on the list at one time. been here a
long time. haha

rich

On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 4:20 AM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:

> I read the Mieville book a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Maybe
> he overworked the whole "two cities" thing (it seemed to go on and on and
> on) but it was cleverly done and reminded me not only of Blade Runner and
> other bits of the Dickiverse but also Borges (mainly because of the funny
> names for things, but also the inventive languages).
>
> I did not know there had been a series made of it for TV, will see if I
> have a way of watching that.
>
> So thanks for mentioning it!
>
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 9:04 AM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the compliment! I really enjoyed rereading BE much more
> > thoroughly & reacting to it, hope to post up some references & thoughts
> > pertaining to those concluding chapters in the next few days.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind of stumbled on “The City and the City” on Britbox. Sort of a Blade
> > Runner feel. Liking it so far.
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