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Bas-Lag
The Bas-Lag novels[edit] So far there have been three novels set in Bas-Lag. They are: Additionally, the short story "Jack", featured in the 2005 collection Looking for Jake, is a Bas-Lag story. Geography[edit] Bas-Lag possesses a number of continents. Rohagi[edit] The exact proportions and geography of Rohagi are unknown. According to a protagonist in Iron Council, both Cobsea and Myrshock lie about 750 miles (1,210 km) southwest of New Crobuzon. South of the Meagre Sea is the Cymek Desert, which is home to the nomadic garudas. West of the Cymek Desert lies the Galaggi Veldt, which is home to Tesh, which is neighboured by the Witchocracy, which goes to war with it against New Crobuzon in Iron Council. Bered Kai Nev[edit] Bered Kai Nev is a continent that lies to the east of Rohagi. Islands and other landmasses[edit] The pirate city of Armada is a mobile city-state, consisting of numerous ships that have been lashed together to form a large connected settlement. History[edit] Full Years[edit]
China Miéville
China Tom Miéville (/ˈtʃaɪnə miˈeɪvəl/; born 6 September 1972) is an English fantasy fiction author, comic writer and academic. He is fond of describing his fiction as "weird fiction" (after early 20th-century pulp and horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft), and belongs to a loose group of writers sometimes called New Weird. Early life[edit] Born in Norwich, Miéville was brought up in Willesden, northwest London, and has lived in the city since early childhood. Education[edit] Miéville attended Oakham School, a co-educational independent school in Oakham, Rutland, for two years. Miéville studied for a BA degree in social anthropology at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1994, and gained both a Masters' degree and PhD in international relations from the London School of Economics in 2001. Literary influences[edit] In 2010, Miéville made his first foray into writing for RPGs with a contribution to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game supplement Guide to the River Kingdoms.[5] Honours[edit]
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Lucius Shepard
Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents. Career[edit] A native of Lynchburg, Virginia where he was born in 1943,[1] Shepard's first short stories appeared in 1983, and his first novel, Green Eyes, appeared in 1984. Lucius Shepard resided in Portland, Oregon. Themes and evolution[edit] Shepard stopped writing fiction for much of the 1990s. Much of Shepard's later work was non-fiction. According to fellow author James Patrick Kelly, Shepard was an avid sports fan who has often used dramatic sports moments as inspiration to write.[7] In the summer of 2008, he moved to Neuchatel, Switzerland in order to work on several screenplays. He died in March 2014 at the age of 70.[8][1] Bibliography[edit] Novels and novellas[edit] Collections[edit] Comics[edit]
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