China Mieville, The Last Days Of New Paris

'New Paris' is  a city rebelling against Nazi occupation, where an explosion of such force has resulted in art manifesting itself as living organisms. So lobster telephones are biting people, the sky is obscured by sharks and more seriously, monstrous creatures roam the boulevards. The Nazis are fighting back in league with demons from hell. Bonkers. Just Bonkers. I rather enjoyed it though.  We're flying to the US in a few weeks, so Helen and I have been spending most of our evenings working out logistics and booking rides and restaurants for Disney World. It's mind-bogglingly complex. I've been reading an 'Unofficial Guide to DisneyWorld' which was 800 pages+ long. I think we're more excited than the kids (I am, anyway). Just have to remember that it’s not about an efficient checklist of seeing everything, it’s about having fun, and most kids that go to Disney say the best thing was mucking about by the pool at the resort.