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Perdido Street Station

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Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory pollutants and the strange effluents of alchemy, and the ghett...

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  • Author: China Mieville
  • Publish Date: 2003-07-29

    • Book Awards


    Won 2 awards in total (2 unique awards)
  • 1 British Fantasy Society
  • 1 Arthur C. Clarke

    • Nominated for 2 (2 unique awards)
  • 1 Locus Fantasy
  • 1 Hugo

    • Book Award Years
    2002 Nebula Nominated: Perdido Street Station
    2002 Hugo Nominated: Perdido Street Station
    2001 Locus Fantasy Nominated: Perdido Street Station
    2001 British Fantasy Society Award Winner: Perdido Street Station
    2001 Authur C. Clark Award Winner: Perdido Street Station
    2000 British Science Fiction Association Award Nominated: Perdido Street Station

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