It exists on the very edge of the known universe, which given its distance from everything else, is only accessible by sailing through the "immer" (see § Style below for the meaning of Miéville's neologisms). The novel was well reviewed and won the 2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.Įmbassytown takes place mostly in the city of the title, on the planet Arieka. The plot of the novel surrounds the town of Embassytown, the native alien residents known as Ariekei, their Language, and the human interaction with them. A limited edition was released by Subterranean Press. It was published in the UK by Pan Macmillan on, and in the US by Del Rey Books on. China Miéville on Bookbits radio talks about Embassytown.Įmbassytown is a science fiction novel by British author China Miéville.
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