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China Mieville - Perdido Street Station

The stories of an outcast artist commissioned to sculpt the face of a dangerous criminal and a renegade scientist hired to restore wings to a man whose original ones were removed as punishment are entwined on the grimy streets of an enormous, self-contained city whose center is a massive train terminal, the Perdido Street Station.

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End of the Line

bydisinclined Apr 15, 2003
32 Helpfuls 33 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 5 Comments
Pros Squalid steampunk-dystopia setting is a feast for the senses.
Cons Characters are overshadowed by the nightmarish world they inhabit.
Recommended it? Yes

Okay, fellow atheists, I think I've found a god we can all agree to worship, courtesy of China Mieville's wacked-out imagination: Palgolak, the god of knowledge (whose avatar is a fat man reading in the bathtub), an "amiable, pleasant deity, a sage whose existence [is] entirely devoted to the... Read full review »

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Brilliant but Still Lacking, Perdido Street Station is Not for the Faint of Heart

bydagny21 Jul 12, 2009
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Pros Incredible setting, steam-punk, excellent suspenseful plot keeps you reading.
Cons Character development weak, intensely violent and disturbing throughout.
Recommended it? Yes

Perdido Street Station is the first of British author China Mieville's novels to be set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag. In Bas-Lag, steam-punk technology and magic coexist. The other two novels thus far that take place is Bas-Lag are The Scar and The Iron Council. I chose to read Perdido Street... Read full review »

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A terrific blend of science fiction & fantasy

byhbomb Aug 1, 2000
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Pros Great creativity and imagination
Cons Some things are a bit inconsistent
Recommended it? Yes

I found Perdido Street Station mostly by chance while browsing through Amazon.com/uk and really bought it on a whim. The description sounded interesting enough and Mieville was a new author to me so I figured I'd give it a shot. Well, to my very pleasant surprise, this turned out to be over 700... Read full review »

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Perdido Street Station - China Mieville - 9780345443021 - 0345443020

ISBN13: 9780345443021. ISBN10: 0345443020. by China Mieville. Published by Random House, Inc.. Edition: 00

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Authors China Mieville

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Hardcover700April 30, 2006Nightshade Book9781597800259

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