Incredible World
5 stars
Started slow and dense and then turns into a rollercoaster. Incredible world-building, can't wait to read the rest of the series.
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Perdido Street Station
5 stars
(2 reviews)
Perdido Street Station is a novel by British writer China Miéville, published in 2000 by Macmillan. Often described as weird fiction, it is set in a world where both magic and steampunk technology exist. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and was ranked by Locus as the 6th all-time best fantasy novel published in the 20th century.Perdido Street Station is the first of three independent works set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag, and is followed by The Scar and Iron Council.
Review of 'Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
In this steampunk fantasy, the main character is the setting.
Our presumptive hero, a polymath scientist, is a secondary character, as the main focus is on the city-state, New Crobuzon. The majority of the book is spent describing the city, its geography, its politics, its populace, its climate, its pollution, etc.
This is a long book, with a lot of description. The author does manage to fit an actual plot in there, and the plot is entertaining. But be ready for a lot of long descriptions as well.