
Kraken
Locus Award · 2011 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel | 2011 | Winner | “Miéville's London cult thriller won for its delirious imagination, its satire of apocalyptic subcultural obsession, and the richness of its hidden London mythology.” |
About This Book
When the preserved body of a giant squid disappears from the Natural History Museum, a museum employee is drawn into a hidden London populated by cults, cultists, and the strange gods they worship.
About the Author
China Miéville is a British author, academic, and political activist, widely regarded as one of the most important speculative fiction writers of his generation. He won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Embassytown (2012) and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel twice (for The City & the City in 2010 and Kraken in 2011). He has also won the Arthur C. Read more →
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