Plowing through Kraken

Well, maybe plodding.  From lack of time not the novel, though it is long.  I don't usually commit to the 500 pagers unless I'm on vacation or it's a tried and true favorite like Alastair Reynolds.  Though I did recently work through Red Mars on a recommendation, and it was worth the effort, though honestly I'm not sure it needed all of those words.

Anyway, it occurs to me that what reminds me of Stephen King is partly that Mieville pulls off that difficult task King has mastered - writing a terrifying and uncannily believable supernatural villain.  The bad guys are creeping me out.