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[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. © The Monthly Review, 2016. archive.monthlyreview.org DOI: 10.14452/MR-067-09-2016-02_2 Socialism and Fantasy China Miéville’s Fables of Race and Class CHRISTOPHER KENDRICK Among a number of contemporary science and speculative fiction writers who identify as left-wing, China Miéville stands out, not only for the quality of his literary production, but also for the critical char- acter of his political commitment, dedicated equally to socialism and to fantasy. In addition to his fictive works, he has written