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Perdido Street Station

Perdido Street Station

Dark FantasyDystopian
Pages
866
Published
2001
Language
English

Synopsis

In the sprawling, grimy metropolis of New Crobuzon, where strange creatures and humans coexist under a tyrannical government, a brilliant scientist named Isaac finds his life upended. When a mysterious Garuda seeks his help for a dangerous scientific endeavor, Isaac becomes entangled in a web of obsession and dark magic. His experiments unleash a terrifying entity that threatens to consume the city, forcing him to confront the consequences of his curiosity.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkGrittyComplexThought-ProvokingAtmospheric
Morally GreyAnti-Hero

Genres

Dark Fantasy Dystopian Literary Fiction Science Fiction Steampunk Fantasy Urban Fantasy

About the author

C
China Miéville

China Miéville (born 6 September 1972 in Norwich) is an English writer of speculative fiction, best known for the Bas-Lag novels beginning with Perdido Street Station and for The City & The City. His work is often placed under the label "weird fiction" and within the New Weird. He holds the record for most Arthur C. Clarke Award wins, with three, and has also won the Hugo, World Fantasy and Locus awards. He studied social anthropology at Cambridge and took a PhD in international law at the Londo...

Characters

IsaacProtagonist
GarudaSupporting
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