King Rat

King Rat is the 1998 debut novel by China Miéville. It is a dark urban fantasy set in London and interweaving the phenomenon of the rat king and the myth of The Pied Piper of Hamelin against an aesthetic of drum'n'bass jungle music. It also entwines the characters of Loplop and Anansi, similar to the Rat King. In 2003, Linkin Park DJ and Director Joseph Hahn was granted the exclusive rights to produce a film based on the novel. After writing bega... more

King Rat is the 1998 debut novel by China Miéville. It is a dark urban fantasy set in London and interweaving the phenomenon of the rat king and the myth of The Pied Piper of Hamelin against an aesthetic of drum'n'bass jungle music. It also entwines the characters of Loplop and Anansi, similar to the Rat King. In 2003, Linkin Park DJ and Director Joseph Hahn was granted the exclusive rights to produce a film based on the novel. After writing began in mid-2004, not much is now known about the production of the title. less