Melluary 2001
PSS WINS ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
Posted Dustday, 20 Melluary, Anno Urbis 2001 by gblack Perdido Street Station has won this years Arthur C. Clarke award. This prestigious prize is awarded every year to the best Science Fiction novel published in the UK. Up against stiff competition, Miéville's novel was nonetheless a deserving and popular winner and the author, genuinely humbled by the accolade was on hand to accept the prize which comprised of a bookend statuette and a cheque for £2001. We say: congratulations, China! 
"AN END TO HUNGER"
Posted Fishday, 15 Melluary, Anno Urbis 2001 by gblack The Register features a short story by China Miéville, titled "An End to Hunger" and originally published in Maxim Jakubowski's Book of Internet Stories. Click to read "An End to Hunger".
PERDIDO STREET STATION PBEM
Posted Blueday, 14 Melluary, Anno Urbis 2001 by gblack Brendan Williamson is starting a PBEM game based on China Miéville's Perdido Street Station and the FUDGE rules set. Check out the PBEM site at www.perdido.vze.com or e-mail the GM directly for more information.
LINKS SECTION OPENS
Posted Chainday, 10 Melluary, Anno Urbis 2001 by gblack The Links section of Runagate Rampant is now open. You will notice that there are only a few links available as of this moment, but more will be added in time.
CHINA MIÉVILLE ARRESTED
Posted Shunday, 5 Melluary, Anno Urbis 2001 by gblack China Miéville, Socialist Alliance Parliament candidate for Regent's Park and Kensington North, was arrested on May 2 by six police officers during a protest against closing a local nursery. In China Miéville's words: One minute I was standing with a group of parents and campaigners, and the next thing I know I'm pinned down by six cops with a knee in my back. The parents and the Labour councillors were outraged. They were all demanding that I was released, but the police didn't listen. They were saying I'd breached the peace, even though I'd done exactly the same as all the other protestors. I'm extremely grateful for the support of the parents and the Labour councillors, who came with me to see I was ok, and who made the police release me without charge outside the chamber. But I'm also delighted to say that several of the parents remained inside, forcing the council to adjourn. The police stupidly and patronisingly seemed to think that if they got rid of me the protest would fizzle out, but of course that didn't happen. We're not going to let Ladbroke Day Nursery close. Now the council's using physical force to try to shut us up, but we're not backing down. Kensington and Chelsea is incredibly rich, with millions of pounds in reserve, but they want to punish the low-income families in the north of the borough. We'll hold more meetings, get more support, and occupy if they try to shut the nursery down. They want to run it for profit -- this is another case of privatisation putting profit before people. The Socialist Alliance is very proud to support the parents and workers fighting to keep this vital resource open, and we're not going to be intimidated by bully-boy tactics from the police and their paymasters. We say: someone watch over those bully boys!
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