"'Kraken' is a very undisciplined book. That's a gamble. If it doesn't come off, it's disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can't get the other way, and vice versa."
China Mieville is a British novelist and critic known for speculative fiction that blends fantasy, science fiction, and political themes. He is associated with the New Weird movement.