China Miéville's Perdido Street Station to Receive Lavish Folio Society Hardcover

China Miéville's Perdido Street Station, a critically acclaimed masterpiece of fantasy and a cornerstone of "weird fiction," joins The Folio Society's prestigious collection of deluxe hardcovers. This momentous 25th-anniversary edition boasts a substantial 707 pages, featuring a new afterword by Miéville himself and stunning illustrations by Doug Bell.

Bell's artwork comprises eight captivating black-and-white chapter opening images, twelve vibrant full-color illustrations, and a meticulously detailed map of the sprawling city of New Crobuzon. IGN exclusively presents a preview of this artwork, including the map, in the slideshow gallery below:

The Folio Society's Perdido Street Station Preview Gallery

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Here's the official description for Perdido Street Station:

In the sprawling, chaotic city of New Crobuzon, where magic and machinery intertwine, a dangerous experiment unleashes a nightmare that threatens to consume everything. Isaac, a rogue scientist, unwittingly sets a monstrous force loose and must rally an unlikely band of outcasts to confront it. As the city teeters on the brink of destruction, the battle delves into the darkest corners of human ambition and the eerie beauty of the bizarre. China Miéville’s PERDIDO STREET STATION is a spellbinding journey into a world teeming with grotesque wonders, savage horrors, and the relentless pulse of revolution.

“Having encountered my first Folio Society edition as a child and been blown away by the beauty and mystery of the text, it has been a great honour to work with the Society on one of my own books,” Miéville shared. “I’m still astonished that something I wrote will be part of this beautiful oeuvre, and grateful to everyone at the Society for making the whole process such a pleasure.”

This limited edition of Perdido Street Station, restricted to 500 copies worldwide, will be available on Tuesday, March 18th, from The Folio Society website.

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