Fantasy
Perdido Street Station
2000·710 pages
A scientist in the squalid city of New Crobuzon faces eerie challenges with a half-bird creature and a dangerous caterpillar.
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A scientist in the squalid city of New Crobuzon faces eerie challenges with a half-bird creature and a dangerous caterpillar.
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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 ghettos contain a vast mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores. In New Crobuzon, the unsavory deal is stranger to none—not even to Isaac, a brilliant scientist with a penchant for Crisis Theory...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Moderate romantic and sexual content with some explicit scenes.
Violence & gore
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Extreme violence with graphic body horror and brutal scenes.
Profanity
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Frequent use of strong language throughout the narrative.
Substance use
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Frequent drug use, including a hallucinatory drug central to the plot.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Minor presence of LGBTQ+ characters in background roles.
Religious content
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Minor religious themes or references in the world-building.
Magic & witchcraft
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Frequent fantasy magic and alchemy as central story elements.
Occult / demonology
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Minor references to demonic entities or dark forces.
Political content
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Strong political themes with critiques of oppression and power.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief mentions of despair or self-destructive behavior.
Abuse & suffering
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Frequent depictions of systemic suffering and cruelty.
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