Perdido Street Station
Our rating
Spice: mild. Darkness: very dark.
A scientist in the filthy city of New Crobuzon takes a commission from a birdman whose wings were cut off, and accidentally releases something that feeds on dreams. The city itself is the star. The prose is thick, so give it 100 pages.
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Is Perdido Street Station spicy?
A little. There are one or two intimate scenes in Perdido Street Station, but they aren't very explicit. We rate it 2 out of 5.
How dark is Perdido Street Station?
We rate Perdido Street Station 4 out of 5 for darkness (very dark). The big content warnings are drug or alcohol abuse, gore, graphic violence, sexual assault. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read Bas-Lag in order?
Perdido Street Station is book 1 of Bas-Lag, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for Perdido Street Station
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Gore
- Graphic violence
- Sexual assault
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Details
- Series
- Bas-Lag, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 710
- First published
- 2000
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
