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".
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.
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