Question
In a 2009 novel, this author depicted a murder investigation taking place in the European city state of Besźel and in its “twin city.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author of The City and the City, which they published after their Bas-Lag novels.
ANSWER: China (Tom) Miéville
[10e] Miéville co-wrote the 2009 book Red Planets, which explores the role of Marxism in this genre. Novels from both the “hard” and “soft” branches of this genre can receive the Hugo Award and Arthur C. Clarke Award.
ANSWER: science fiction [or (hard or soft) sci-fi; or speculative fiction; prompt on weird fiction or fantasy]
[10m] This creature titles a 2010 Miéville novel partly set at the Natural History Museum. An Alfred Tennyson poem describes how the “faintest sunlights flee” this creature during its “ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep.”
ANSWER: the Kraken [or Kraken]
Summary
| 2023 UMN COOT | 08/19/2023 | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| BHSU | doubleplusnegfive | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Weird Klaus Barbie | Our Job is Buzz | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |