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Quote by China Mieville

“A sense of wrongness, of fraught unease, as if long nails scraped the surface of the moon, raising the hackles of the soul.”

Quote by China Mieville

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China Mieville, born on September 6, 1972, is a renowned fantasy author from the United Kingdom. His works are known for their unique imagination and profound philosophical insights, blending reality with fantasy to explore multiple possibilities of social, political, and human existence. more

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