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China Miéville on “City of Ruin”

Sunday, February 28th, 2010 · 10 Comments

File this somewhere under ‘happy fanboy’:

“Newton combines strange and vivid creations with very real and pressing concerns with estimable commitment and passion.”

— China Miéville on City of Ruin


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10 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Anne // Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    Praise from Sir Hubert is praise indeed!

  • 2 Alex Carnegie // Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    Congrats! Someone like China Miéville has good things to say about your writing, you know you must be doing something right!

  • 3 Dave // Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    Awesome stuff indeed, very chuffed for you, Mark. :-)

  • 4 Mark C Newton // Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks guys. Yeah, I don’t really need to say that this is one of the special blurbs. :)

  • 5 Christa // Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    Very cool, indeed. Congrats!

  • 6 Phillip // Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 8:04 pm

    Impressive, most impressive! :) High praise indeed.

  • 7 Allan Maxwell // Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    Hey Mark – just checking out your blog – Nice! – and great praise indeed. Its funny, I was thinking about buying more of China’s novels today… hmmm, this may be a sign!!

  • 8 John Jarrold’s Corner: Author-News « DaveBrendon's Fantasy & SciFi Weblog // Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    [...] Mark Charan Newton’s The Legends of the Red Sun series, City of Ruin; Awesome stuff, right? Check out the post on Mark’s blog to see what China [...]

  • 9 Aidan from A Dribble of Ink // Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    That must feel mighty fine, Mark. Congratulations.

  • 10 Mark C Newton // Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    And thanks again! Aidan – indeed it does, especially considering the guy’s books inspired me to write.

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