Maybe I Should Move The Scar Higher Up My To-Do List...

Crooked Timber hosts a China Mieville seminar, with half a dozen critics weighing in on Mieville's novels and getting a response back. Plus all the comments from online readers. The main essays are all posted under a Creative Common license, so download the PDF omnibus and send copies to all your skiffy friends! You might find another critic who references Walter Benjamin while reviewing science fiction, but this'll probably be your one Bruno Schulz sighting for the year...

If your reaction was "Huh? Who?", you might want to spend some time in Runagate Rampant, Mieville's unofficial home page. Or, even if it's a bit late, read his Socialist Review Christmas story.