Kraken,‭ ‬by China Miéville‭; ‬Ballantine Books‭; ‬509‭ ‬pp.‭; ‬$26.By Chauncey MabeWhy is it that genre writers,‭ ‬just when they are about to step onto a wider stage of literature,‭ ‬tend to lose heart‭ – ‬or nerve‭?I first noticed this in‭ ‬1998‭ ‬when Stephen King,‭ ‬after almost a decade of increasing critical acceptance,‭ ‬retreated to the comforts of‭ ‬Bag of Bones,‭ ‬an … [Read more...]