Perdido Street Station (edit title)

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• Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin: A human scientist, dabbling in all fields but obsessed with his pet theory of "crisis energy". Lover to Lin, and close friends with Derkhan Blueday.
• Yagharek: An exiled and de-winged Garuda from the Cymek Desert, far south of New Crobuzon. He comes to Isaac in order to have his flight restored, no matter how (nor the cost).
• Lin: Isaac's lover, and a Khepri artist who is commissioned by the gangster Mr. Motley to create a sculpture in his form.
• Derkhan Blueday: A middle-aged lesbian and seditionist, co-editor of the Runagate Rampant (an underground newspaper).
• Mr. Motley: New Crobuzon's most feared ganglord, who runs a dreamshit harvesting operation, among many other nefarious activities. He presumably originated as a human but has altered his body many times through remaking, into an amorphous collection of body parts and appendages.

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• “"See, if you think that matter and therefore the unified force under investigation are essentially static, then falling, flying, rolling, changing your mind, casting a spell, growing older, moving, are basically deviations from an essential state. Otherwise, you think that motion is part of the fabric of ontology, and the question's how best to theorize that. You can tell were my sympathies lie. Statistics would say I'm misrepresenting them, but fuck it."”

  Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin

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Authors & Contributors

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1. China Mieville (Author)

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Awards

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• August Derleth Award (2001)
• Arthur C. Clarke Award (2001)

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• Dewey: 813

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