====== About New Crobuzon ====== New Crobuzon is the largest city of Bas-Lag, and the setting for most of two novels by China Miéville. The genre is New Weird and can be thought of as a darker, more grotesque version of Steampunk in this case. It has also been remarked that these books could be classed as "Fantasy Cyberpunk". These HeroWiki pages are a mirror of my earlier website here-http://www.curufea.com/games/crobuzon --- //[[curufea@yahoo.com|Peter Cobcroft]] 2009/04/01 13:22// * [[.nch:Gallery]] * [[.nch:Character Suggestions]] * [[.nch:The City of New Crobuzon]] * [[.nch:Political Groups]] * [[.nch:Living in the City]] * [[.nch:Flora and Fauna]] * [[.nch:Magic]] * [[.nch:Magical Items]] * [[.nch:Nations]] * [[.nch:Races]] * [[.nch:Unique Individuals]] * [[.nch:Unique Locations]] ==== Recommended reading ==== The works of China Miéville set in or around New Crobuzon: Perdido Street Station (ISBN 0-330-39289-1) The Scar (ISBN 0-330-39290-5) Iron Council (ISBN 0-333-98973-2) === Discussion of these books === http://baslag.proboards22.com === Interview with the author === http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0345464028&view=qa ==== Brief overview of the city of New Crobuzon ==== http://homepage.mac.com/jeremybaker/towerhills/crobuzon.html === Related material === (good for mood/general setting ideas) Dark City - Movie by Alex Proyas Cyberpunk - anything to do with the genre Transmetropolitan - Warren Ellis graphic novels/comics Discworld - specifically anything about Ankh-Morpork, by Terry Pratchett (but ignore the comedy) Thief, Thief 2, Thief 3 - computer games. Warning - this website contains spoilers for the books. If you haven't read them yet but intend to - be aware you will be spoilt. ==== Disclaimer ==== This is a fansite constructed in hommage to the work of China Miéville in order to bring his work to a different audience. All material on this website is obtained from books that I own or from websites about these books that are freely accessable to the public. I have merely compiled them together, sliced off bits and moved them to fit. Adding rules where necessary. I have not as yet added any non-canon information, although I have extrapolated some of the implications in the books.