Railsea, the new young adult novel by China Miéville, is quite literary but playful — with vast molehills of brilliant worldbuilding & lots & lots of ampersands. Utterly unlike any of the many shmoopy ...

This is not a safe place. To take a single step beyond the sanctuary of a rail line is to advertise to the many mutated creatures dwelling beneath it that you’re ready to be a snack. There are insects ...