![]() ![]() ![]() In New Crobuzon life is hell even before the monsters which serve as the central antagonists arrive there. In Perdido Street Station this great city is front and center, and it’s an unrivaled destination in the history of fantastic literary metropolises. When I finally got around to the first volume in the trilogy, I realized almost immediately upon beginning it why I should’ve read them in order: because, no matter how far they get away from it geographically, the heart of these books has always been the port city of New Crobuzon, a kind of magically-poisoned Victorian London. Not that it’s necessary to read the books in order, but clearly it helps. I read The Scar several years before tackling Perdido Street Station, and although I enjoyed it immensely, I always felt I was missing something essential about the series by starting with the second volume. ![]()
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