geografia: Perdido Street Station

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Perdido Street Station is a novel by British writer China Miéville, published in 2000 by Macmillan. It is the first in a series set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag, and is followed by the independent works The Scar and Iron Council. It is home to various intelligent races, a form of magic called "thaumaturgy," and a technological and scientific development consistent with the early capitalism of the Industrial Revolution. The novel is set in the city-state of New Crobuzon, a dystopian industrial metropolis characterized by social stratification, economic exploitation, and partial segregation. Xenophobia is rampant, and cruel corporal punishment magically transforms convicts into "remade,"…

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Building Another World: Perdido Street Station. Perdido Street Station is the first book of the Bas-Lag novel series, written by British writer China Miéville. It is regarded as one of the prominent examples of new weird fiction, a literary genre that utilizes aspects of fantasy, horror, sciencefiction and other speculative fictional tropes. Perdido Street Station is set in a world where magic and steampunk technology coexists. The novel is critically acclaimed for its intricately worked out and richly described setting. The city of New Crobuzon, an imaginary metropolis in the world of Bas-Lag, is the center of the narrative with an immense sprawl of architectural elements. New Crobuzon als…

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Bas-Lag is a fictional universe in which several of China Miéville's novels are set. Bas-Lag is a world where both magic (referred to as thaumaturgy) and steampunk technology exist, and where many intelligent races live. This world and the novels set in it are, in generic terms, informed by the horror, fantasy and science fiction traditions. As with all China Miéville's works, there is also a strong presence of social and political opinion.