The Mieville book least likely to be turned into a video/tabletop game (Last Days of New Paris could make an *awesome* video game). I liked the atmosphere and setting that Mieville created without spelling every little thing out. It's kind of a big short story in that it doesn't spell everything out, so I'll probably have to re-read it to understand everything that's going on. Like other good short stories, This Census Taker feels emotionally dense (as in packed, not dim). A few details also made me wonder if it was part of Mieville's bas-Lag series. Even if it's not one of the series, This Census Taker might rank with those books as one of my favorites by Mieville.