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March 4, 2012 07:05 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mmKx69kkVCc/china-mievilles-london-the.html
China Mieville's London: the (authentic) city and the (banks and surveillance) city
Writing in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, China Mieville blazingly describes two Londons: an exuberant, organic place that has been lived and built over and remade, bursting with energy and vitality; and a fearful, banker-driven collection of megaprojects and guard labour, where billions of pounds can be found to surround the Olympics with snipers [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mmKx69kkVCc/china-mievilles-london-the.html
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