China Mieville is one of my all time favourite authors. He's just so unique for fantasy these days -- which franky, I haven't read much good that came out in the last few years.

I once read the first few pages of Perdido Street Station, but couldn't get into it. My state of mind must not have been the best then, because recently I went back and found those same pages engaging enough that I'd like to pick up his works at some point. Everything I've heard about it sounds quite interesting.