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Un Lun Dun Paperback – January 29, 2008

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Endlessly inventive . . . [a] hybrid of Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and The Phantom Tollbooth.”—Salon

What is Un Lun Dun?

It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.

When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong.

Praise for Un Lun Dun

“Miéville fills his enthralling fantasy with enough plot twists and wordplay for an entire trilogy, and that is a good thing. A-.”—Entertainment Weekly

“For style and inventiveness, turn to Un Lun Dun, by China Miéville, who throws off more imaginative sparks per chapter than most authors can manufacture in a whole book. Mieville sits at the table with Lewis Carroll, and Deeba cavorts with another young explorer of topsy-turvy worlds.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Delicious, twisty, ferocious fun . . . so crammed with inventions, delights, and unexpected turns that you will want to start reading it over again as soon as you’ve reached the end.”—Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners

“[A] wondrous thrill ride . . . Like the best fantasy authors, [Miéville] fully realizes his imaginary city.” —The A.V. Club

“Mieville's compelling heroine and her fantastical journey through the labyrinth of a strange London forms that rare book that feels instantly like a classic and yet is thoroughly modern.”—Holly Black, bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles

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“It hardly seems possible that I didn’t read this novel and love it at age 12, it brought back so vividly the long, book-drunk days of my late childhood. Like the best children’s fiction, Un Lun Dun seems to have always been there waiting to be discovered. Finding it as a grown-up may not be the optimum way to stumble into UnLondon, but it’s pretty miraculous all the same.”—Salon

“Give [Un Lun Dun] to a kid (and borrow it when they’re done). It just might help them grow up into the kind of nerd we need a lot more of—one who thinks they can save the world with sheer ingenuity.”—Wired magazine

“Miéville has done us a favor by creating a protagonist who was most assuredly not chosen to save the day, and it’s an excellent turn of events. There are some icky gruesome baddies and the good guys are often a lot of fun.”—January Magazine

“[Miéville] relies on his formidable storytelling skill for this lengthy yet swiftmoving tale that, with a wink and a nod, cuts through archetypal notions of fate and prophecy. Highly recommended for Neil Gaiman and Clive Barker fans especially.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The most thoroughly playful tale Miéville has written.”—Locus magazine

“A multifaceted romp through a world many of us would love to visit.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Full of clever word play and compelling characters, Miéville’s novel is a tour de force. This rollicking, fantastical and altogether incredible novel will appeal to both adults and young readers.”—Romantic Times

“Whimsy, wondrous images . . . There are few more fascinating world builders than China Miéville. . . . His powers of invention seem boundless . . . his sensitivity to language immense.”—The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

“A book which shows the world as it truly is: full of marvels and monsters and unexpected opportunities for heroism and magic. Un Lun Dun is delicious, twisty, ferocious fun, a book so crammed with inventions, delights, and unexpected turns that you will want to start reading it over again as soon as you've reached the end.”—Kelly Link, author of Stranger Things Happen and Magic for Beginners

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China Miéville is the author of King Rat; Perdido Street Station, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award; The Scar, which won the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award; Iron Council, which won the Locus Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award; and a collection of short stories, Looking for Jake. He lives and works in London. Un Lun Dun is his first book for younger readers.

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The Respectful Fox

There was no doubt about it: there was a fox behind the climbing frame. And it was watching.

“It is, isn’t it?”

The playground was full of children, their gray uniforms flapping as they ran and kicked balls into makeshift goals. Amid the shouting and the games, a few girls were watching the fox.

“It definitely is. It’s just watching us,” a tall blond girl said. She could see the animal clearly behind a fringe of grass and thistle. “Why isn’t it moving?” She walked slowly towards it.

At first the friends had thought the animal was a dog, and had started ambling towards it while they chatted. But halfway across the tarmac they had realized it was a fox.

It was a cold cloudless autumn morning and the sun was bright. None of them could quite believe what they were seeing. The fox kept standing still as they approached.

“I saw one once before,” whispered Kath, shifting her bag from shoulder to shoulder. “I was with my dad by the canal. He told me there’s loads in London now, but you don’t normally see them.”

“It should be running,” said Keisha, anxiously. “I’m staying here. That’s got teeth.”

“All the better to eat you with,” said Deeba.

“That was a wolf,” said Kath.

Kath and Keisha held back: Zanna, the blond girl, slowly approached the fox, with Deeba, as usual, by her side. They got closer, expecting it to arch into one of those beautiful curves of animal panic, and duck under the fence. It kept not doing so.

The girls had never seen any animal so still. It wasn’t that it wasn’t moving: it was furiously not-moving. By the time they got close to the climbing frame they were creeping exaggeratedly, like cartoon hunters.

The fox eyed Zanna’s outstretched hand politely. Deeba frowned.

“Yeah, it is watching,” Deeba said. “But not us. It’s watching you.”

Zanna—she hated her name Susanna, and she hated “Sue” even more—had moved to the estate about a year ago, and quickly made friends with Kath and Keisha and Becks and others. Especially Deeba. On her way to Kilburn Comprehensive, on her first day, Deeba had made Zanna laugh, which not many people could do. Since then, where Zanna was, Deeba tended to be too. There was something about Zanna that drew attention. She was decent-to-good at things like sports, schoolwork, dancing, whatever, but that wasn’t it: she did well enough to do well, but never enough to stand out. She was tall and striking, but she never played that up either: if anything, she seemed to try to stay in the background. But she never quite could. If she hadn’t been easy to get on with, that could have caused her trouble.

Sometimes even her mates were a little bit wary of Zanna, as if they weren’t quite sure how to deal with her. Even Deeba herself had to admit that Zanna could be a bit dreamy. Sometimes she would sort of zone out, staring skywards or losing the thread of what she was saying.

Just at that moment, however, she was concentrating hard on what Deeba had just said.

Zanna put her hands on her hips, and even her sudden movement didn’t make the fox jump.

“It’s true,” said Deeba. “It hasn’t taken its eyes off you.”

Zanna met the fox’s gentle vulpine gaze. All the girls watching, and the animal, seemed to get lost in something.

. . . Until their attention was interrupted by the bell for the end of break. The girls looked at each other, blinking.

The fox finally moved. Still looking at Zanna, it bowed its head. It did it once, then leapt up and was gone.

Deeba watched Zanna, and muttered, “This is just getting weird.”

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0345458443
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Del Rey; NO-VALUE edition (January 29, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780345458445
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345458445
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 years and up
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.46 x 1.09 x 8.2 inches

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China Miéville lives and works in London. He is three-time winner of the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award (Perdido Street Station, Iron Council and The City & The City) and has also won the British Fantasy Award twice (Perdido Street Station and The Scar). The City & The City, an existential thriller, was published in 2009 to dazzling critical acclaim and drew comparison with the works of Kafka and Orwell (The Times) and Philip K. Dick (Guardian).

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LadyMcBeath

I read this book a month ago and I'm still thinking about it!

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2007

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There are a lot of reviews here to tell you what the book is about. I just want to say how much I enjoyed this book. I loved it when I read it, but as time goes on I find I'm still thinking about the premises of this story. I'm 47. My kids are grown. But I love literature for children. This book makes me wish I had a little girl to read this book to. I love, love, love the world China Mieville has created. This is his strength as an author, in my opinion. I wasn't sure how he would do with a YA story because he tends toward really dark and twisted stuff, but this world is twisted, a little scary, yet charming. I really love the way he turned the traditional pattern of hero stories on it's head and came out with a great story. I'm still laughing about the pet milk carton! I'm really hoping he's going to write a sequel, or at least another story about UnLondon. It's just so clever. A wierd little combination of C.S. Lewis and Piers Anthony. China, if you're listening, I want another book!

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KarToon12

A modern day Alice in Wonderland but with a very clever twist

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017

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Little by little, I've been making my way through a rather long list of books that were recommended to me by my internet friend who works at a library. When it came time to read this one, the premise, at first, sounded intriguing, but admittedly, not all that super original. Even from before the likes of "Alice in Wonderland", the concept of a young child or person stumbling into an alternate, magical world has been done before. None the less, it was getting great reviews, so I gave it a shot...

...turns out this book had way more to offer than what was hinted at in the premise, and serves as a great example of how "chosen one" plots aren't always what they're cracked up to be.

Twelve year old Zanna and her best friend, Deeba, begin to notice strange things happening around their neighborhood near London. Dogs stop to stare and bow at Zanna, birds circle her head, and a cloud monster nearly kills them. The girls' investigation soon leads them into "Un Lun Dun"--an alternate version of London where all the lost and broken things of our world end up ; a place where words are literally alive, an ordinary house contains a jungle, cities are made from sometimes-sentient trash, and people such as half ghosts, a guy who can control umbrellas, and a tailor with a pin-cushion for a head roam the streets. With an evil storm cloud called the Smog plotting to destroy the world, the city is awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago in the pages of a talking book. The citizens are convinced that Zanna is the "shwazzy"--the chosen one that will finally save them, and that Deeba is nothing more than a "sidekick"....but when things start to go horribly wrong, and Zanna is quickly defeated, it then falls on Deeba and a band of unlikely heroes to save the world.

Possibly the greatest thing about this book is how it takes every cliché' and convention you would normally find in a young adult novel and/or "chosen one" plot and completely messes with it. The "hero" is quickly dispatched, leaving the "sidekick" to have to step up and do all the work--characters that you think are going to be allies turn out to be evil, and side quests that would be taken to gather weapons to defeat the big bad are skipped over in favor of just jumping right to facing the villain straight away. The first third is great set up in how it introduces this fantastical world to the audience and makes you THINK the plot is going to be stereotypical...but then, in an almost self-aware move, it suddenly comes out of left field and twists everything on its head, and then the REAL adventure begins.

The characters are all unique, likeable, and/or memorable, especially Deeba, who starts off a bit more meek and complacent, but as time goes on, learns to stand up for herself and become the leader that Un Lun Dun needs, especially when not everything is as it appears. She's kind and understanding, but also headstrong, in particular, in a memorable moment where the magic prophecy book explains all the many trials she'll have to go through to get the weapon she needs to defeat the Smog....to which she promptly decides to skip all of it and not waste time in jumping straight to the final boss, and the way in which the Smog is defeated is extremely clever, with possibly the coolest fantasy weapon you'll find in a book.

But most of all, the many wondrous things our heroes come across are very original and memorable, like a neighborhood filled with ghosts, sentient umbrellas, flying buses, words that become sentient creatures when spoken, or a cute milk carton that becomes Deeba's pet. The Smog itself is actually based off a real life event, and the way in which our world's discarded trash is reused and repurposed in this other fantasy world leaves for a great environmental message that never feels like you're being beaten over the head with it. With clever word play, great world building, good characters, and great suspense, this is the perfect story to read for the person (like me) who's sick and tired of the "chosen one" clichés. Here's hoping we someday get a sequel.

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Bill Reich

Five or a very strong four

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2012

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I wouldn't say that Mielville was writing a children's book or even young adult fiction here. On the other hand, I will give a copy to my great-niece as soon as possible. I just expect that her mother will enjoy it also, as I did.

The huge variety of beings encountered and the dizzy concept of cities parallel to our own on an "ab-Earth" make this a fantasy. The author's willingness, even eagerness, to challenge one fantasy trope after another doesn't change that. The use of languate makes this literature but I wouldn't hold that against Mielville.

The protagonist is one of my favorite characters ever. And one of the villains illustrates the Heinlein concept "Your enemy (foe, opposition etc) is never an enemy in his own eyes." He serves evil without ever figuring out he is doing wrong. After awhile, the reader understands that his self-justifying speeches, his annoyance with the protagonist for getting in his way, are honest. In a sense, he is a Saruman-figure.

Speaking of the parallel cities, the concept here is _not_ the one he used in _The City and the City_ The differences are large.

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Irina Serova

An adventure that breaks all conventions of quest stories.

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2021

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Somebody else might have used this much imagination to spread between not one, but perhaps three novels, but China Mieville never skimps on incredible fantastic creatures and concepts when writing another story. This is probably the most inventive adventure fantasy I have read, exceeded only by other works of Mieville, like Perdido Street Station. It has great villains, a capable yet unexpected protagonist, and did I mention mind boggling thrilling adventures? This is an absolute must for lovers of urban fantasy.

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A. J Terry

Doesn't quite work as a YA book

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2007

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I am extremely impressed with China Mieville's adult fiction. Although I'm an adult, I've read many young adult/YA fantasies by other authors with pleasure, so I assumed I'd love this one. But after a while, I found it tedious. This was partly because this is really more a book for children, not adults young or old.

The good thing about Un Lun Dun is that it is a kaleidoscope of endlessly inventive images, one after another, after another, and yet more. The bad thing is, that's all this book is. The plot device, that everything will be the opposite of what it seems to be--because this is UNLondon--struck me as clever at first, but became predictable well before the end. At over 400 pages, this book may simply be too long.

But there are other problems with this as a YA book. The characters are flat. Many of them are simply clever images. And many of those are sidekicks destroyed in the battle of good against evil; but no one, not even the characters closest to them, cares; because they are instantly replaced with other sidekicks who are different and equally clever images.

To sum up, the effect is that of an animated cartoon rather than a book--lots of whacky ideas, a breakneck pace, a mimimal plot, and flat characters. Un Lun Dun would, in fact, work much better as a cartoon/animated film. I hope someone makes that film.

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Regine Haensel

A Book for All Ages

Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2018

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I bought this book first in a bookstore a year or so ago, read it and passed it on to my son. He read it and passed it on to his son. Then I decided I needed to read it again and borrowed it from this library. I knew that I had to have the book for my own so that I could go back to it, read it more slowly and think about everything that happens. Hence this copy which I bought from Amazon recently. China Mieville is an amazing writer. His unique characters come off the page and live with you day to day. They have wonderful adventures and find ways to make sense out of strange and complicated events. The book is entertainment, philosophy, hugely creative, and inspiring. I can hardly wait to read it again.

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Hinreissend, farbenfroh, einfallsreich - einfach wunderbar

Reviewed in Germany on May 3, 2010

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Unlundun ist in Gefahr. Doch die Prophezeiungen sprechen von einer Auserwählten, die kommen wird, um die Stadt und ihre Bewohner zu retten.
Was aber ist, wenn die Auserwählte ihre Aufgabe vergisst? Was passiert, wenn das Buch der Prophezeiungen sich selbst für völlig nutzlos hält und die Propheten keine Ahnung mehr haben?

Ich bin wirklich begeistert von dieser Geschichte, die mich mit ihrem Einfallsreichtum regelrecht überflutet hat. Und obwohl ich mich gefühlt habe, wie auf einer spannenden Stadtrundfahrt, überall gab es etwas zu sehen, merkwürdige Gebäude und überraschende Wesen, schafft es China Miéville, dass ich die Handlung selbst nie aus den Augen verloren habe und ich mich am Ende des Buch nicht erschlagen fühlte.

Zu der deutschen Übersetzung kann ich nicht viel sagen, kann aber nur jedem empfehlen es im Original zu lesen. Aufgrund der empfohlenen Altersklasse von 9-12, ist es mit Kenntnissen von einfachem Schul-Englisch gut zu lesen. Ich kann mir kaum vorstellen wie der ein oder andere Wortwitz ins Deutsche übersetzt worden sein soll.
Auch wenn ich schon einige Jahre mehr drauf hab, als die empfohlenen 12, hat mich die literarische Farbenpracht und die intensive Erzählweise in seinen Bann gezogen. Ich bin auch Wochen nach dem Lesegenuss noch immer hoch begeistert und kann es nur jedem ans Herz legen.

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Subversive, original and very entertaining

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2008

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China Mieville's brilliant YA fantasy subverts the traditional genre elements, notably the ideas that only a person ordained by prophecy can defeat a Big Bad, fantastical worlds only accessible through special portals and that pretty blonde girls have to be the hero.

When Zanna and Deeba realise that a broken umbrella is watching Zanna one night, they follow it and find themselves in the parallel world of UnLondon. There they discover that Zanna is the Shwazzy, the only person able to defeat the Smog, a cloud of noxious gas intent on dominating and destroying both UnLondon and London. But just as Zanna's embraces the role she's unexpectedly incapacitated. Someone has to help UnLondon if it is to survive, and Deeba volunteers. But she's not the Shwazzy, so what good can she possibly do?

Mieville's imagination blew me away. His UnLondon is familiar to Londoners (double-decker buses, markets, even a version of the London Eye) but he mixes it with the surreal - cannibal giraffes and houses constructed from rubbish amongst others. He uses puns to great effect and I'd recommend this book for the binjas alone. Politics also plays a big part in the book, with London's government being tied to what's happening in UnLondon. There's a distinctly anti-authoritarian feel to the text with the motivation of political leaders and even the book of prophecy all being questioned and found wanting.

Mieville illustrates his own text and the drawings are evocative and help flesh out his world. Deeba's a very human heroine, brave because she needs to be and prone to self-doubt and I particularly liked the scene where she refuses to jump through the normal prophecy hoops. Her helpers are well written, particularly Hemi the half-ghost boy who sees shoplifting as extreme shopping, Jones the bus conductor and I loved Curdle the milk carton. My only quibble is that where Mieville kills members of her team, those members haven't quite been in the book long enough for it to have a big emotional impact.

The slow build-up might put off some readers, but the chapters are kept short and there are some wonderfully written scenes (my favourite being one with a Black Window spider, which is very creepy). Mieville leaves an opening for a sequel and I would love to see more of the world he's created. Teens reading this will want to read more of his work.

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最近少し頭の凝りが気になる方へ

Reviewed in Japan on August 30, 2011

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否定や拒絶、あるいは廃棄、用済みといった私達が捨ててしまった物や考え方は、臭いものにフタをした、そのフタの向う側ab-citiesに存在しているのかもしれない。さてそのab-cityのひとつUnLondonではどのような情景がくりひろげられているのやら。

ミエヴィル先生は、持ち前の自在な発想と言葉遊びを次々と繰り出し、先生自ら描いたという挿絵も添えて、我々をそして主人公のDeebaを、霧ならぬSmog の立ち込めたUn Lun Dunへと誘い出します。

T字路で壁を乗り越えて直進する2階建てバス、屋上が生活圏のヤネッパシリ達、潜水夫は潜水服の内側が海なのです。黄泉の国にはafternetがあって、UnLondonのundernet共々、internetに繋がっているのだそうで、いやはや。UnGunという名のレボルバー銃は文字通り無鉄砲な弾丸が飛び出します。圧巻はおしゃべり代官が単語を発する度に漏れ出る、具現マスコットのUtterling ―この単語自体が私の辞書に載っていません−彼ら（？）はまた意外な能力の持ち主だったりします。

かくして正義と邪悪が入り乱れ大団円へと向かいます。ただ惜しむらくは、最後の2割ほどがやや間延びしているようで、一瀉千里にドッと結末へとなだれ込んだ方が読後がすっきりするように思いました。したがって星は４つ。とは申せ、最近少し頭の凝りが気になる方には、ご一読をお薦めします。

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there's a lot to like about Un Lun Dun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2016

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Simultaneously a tribute to "chosen one", "quest for a magical object" and "through the looking glass" fantasy tropes and a subversion of them all, there's a lot to like about Un Lun Dun.

Why it doesn't quite rate higher for me is that some of those twists, plus the names of places & people seemed a little too obvious and on the nose. A lot of the suspense was lost as I could see what was coming a long way off. On the other hand, binjas are a work of genius.

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