China Miéville is an author I recently came across. The first book of his I read was Un Lun Dun. It follows the adventures of two young girls who discover a whole new world beneath London. UnLondon is filled with weird and strange creatures - a lot of what the true London has discarded. The girls arrive at a dangerous time when the world is threatened by Smog and they become embroiled in saving this alternate London.
I loved the whole idea of an alternate reality so close to the real one. China Miéville's writing is very engaging and I was completely drawn into Un Lun Dun. It reminded me of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, but aimed at a younger audience. One of Neil Gaiman's short stories is in a similar vein. It's about how the major cities in our world are actually asleep and that the day they decide to wake up we would all be in trouble.
With our expanding knowledge of the universe and the great leaps in technology, a lot of the magic has gone from our world. Writers like China Miéville and Neil Gaiman keep the magic alive and entertains the idea that there might still be some left :-).
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