/lit/ - Literature

>>22690231
I'm reading Embassytown by Mieville now and I think it's great. I'm still a bit unsure on how to understand how the alien race uses language ; it's the case that they literally cannot tell lies, they can only speak Truths, and so they incorporate humans into their language to come up with similes, in order to skirt around their language hinderances. The ideas are interesting, the world building is neat, and the main character is tolerable. Mieville wrote the book a bit non linearly (some chapters are in the past, some in the present) and that type of writing is definitely a page turner for me as I want to figure out just what the hell is going on. If you have any interests in language, philosophy of language, exploring a new alien race - check it out.