num_pages: 710
description: Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one--not even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. Soon an eerie metamorphosis will occur that will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon--and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it evokes.
language: English
title: Perdido Street Station
titlecomplete: Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
characters: Yagharek, Lemuel Pigeon, Derkhan Blueday, Lin, Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, Construct Council, Mr. Motley, Bentham Rudgutter
genres: Weird Fiction, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Science Fiction Fantasy, New Weird, Horror, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 68349
places: Bas-Lag
series: New Crobuzon
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work), awardedAt: 946713600000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: Roman étranger and Traduction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Premio Ignotus
category: Mejor novela extranjera (Best Foreign Novel), awardedAt: 978336000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: SF ga Yomitai
category: Best Translated SF of the Year in Japan, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Translated Long Form
publisher: Ballantine Del Rey