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finished reading Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)

China Miéville: Perdido Street Station (2003, Del Rey/Ballantine Books) 4 stars

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid …

This is my first fiction read since late 2017. Reading is just but a recent journey of mine, and I'm glad this was my first book. The number of pages certainly intimidated me, and later on the scientific vocabulary did its work on me too, but it was worth the time it took.

Bas-lag, or at least the part of it I know of, New Crobuzon, is a beautiful world to imagine. The complexity and characters flaw-full make it all the more fun to read. On to the next read based in Bas-Lag!