China Miéville

Elvish, Hobbit language, perhaps most detailed of fictional languages

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is out in theaters this weekend, and it will be a big screen celebration of the Elvish language. Tolkien spent years, some of them in World War I trenches, developing the language. It’s perhaps the most elaborate fictional language ever.

Science fiction author China Miéville discusses ‘Embassytown’

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Podcast: No Metaphors — China Miéville’s Imagined Language

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