At least he is new to me. With my commute, I have loads of time to listen to audio books. I usually download these from our library and stumbled across "Embassytown" by China Mieville.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Mieville He has basically established his own genre called "The New Weird" and it certainly is. Have you ever heard of a "rat king"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_(folklore) T
