London's Overthrow

March 5, 2012 1:06 AM

London's Overthrow - an essay by China Miéville surveying Britain's capital in the run up to the Olympics and possibly an apocalypse.
posted by Artw (10 comments total)

Bah. Double.
posted by Artw at 1:08 AM on March 5, 2012

It used to be that you could say what you wanted at this time of night knowing the mods are asleep.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 1:13 AM on March 5, 2012

I remember when you had to buy dubious roneoed pamphlets from anarchist bookshops in Whitechapel if you wanted to read about the psychogeography of London, now they're all at it! Leylines on Druid's Hill or something.
posted by Abiezer at 1:14 AM on March 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

It used to be that you could say what you wanted at this time of night knowing the mods are asleep.

I swear to god, if you post ponies, I'll probably not spend any time having a response to it.
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:18 AM on March 5, 2012

If anything Mieville is GRUMPIER than Moorcock or Moore when they did it. Gloomy times.
posted by Artw at 1:18 AM on March 5, 2012

Before the thread's deleted I'll take the tangential opportunity to snark that although Iain Sinclair has made a career of being a London writer, if he ever finds out there's even more London south of the river or west of Old Street, it might blow his mind.
posted by Grangousier at 1:21 AM on March 5, 2012

Land of dust and ghosts! You'll be going beyond the M25 next.
posted by Artw at 1:24 AM on March 5, 2012

I keep hoping that the Overthrow will be admitted as an official Olympic sport. Right now a lot of overthrows are just demonstration sports.
posted by twoleftfeet at 1:24 AM on March 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

I missed the first post, so thanks a ton for the double.
posted by mek at 1:24 AM on March 5, 2012 [2 favorites]

I just don't get Mieville. I read the city in the city and that was cool and good but then I read some other thing about some rebel orphan living in a marsch who was really the spy queen of an ocean dwelling race of turtle people that just - I didnt get.

I might have mixed up the plot there. But seriously, Amis or Self should have written this. Actually didn't Self write something about this recently?
posted by From Bklyn at 1:29 AM on March 5, 2012