Andreas Eschbach: The Carpet Makers

Recommended fiction: a mosaic, interwoven SF short stories, with a strong anthropological focus ... that builds strength through the accumulating force of the life narratives of the book... much like the intricate obssessional absurd products of The Carpet Makers... a very chilling book at times.

Recommended Fiction: King Rat (China Mieville, 1998)

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Set in London, China Mieville's first book is high adventure with a dash of social criticism. Snaking through the reader like the Drum and Bass beats of the DJs in the story; incorporating the mythology/folklore of the Pied Piper, King Rat, Anansi and Loplop; playing on the tensions of fathers/sons and counterculture/authority ...

Recommended Books

I'll slowly add previous recommendations as I come across them:

Saviano, Roberto. Gomorrah. NY: Picador, 2006.