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. Celebrating the novel's 25th anniversary, this expansive 707-page hardcover edition features a new afterword by Miéville himself and stunning artwork by Doug Bell. Bell's contribution includes eight black-and-white chapter-opening illustrations, twelve vibrant full-color illustrations, and a meticulously detailed map of the captivating city of New Crobuzon.

IGN exclusively unveils 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 metropolis of New Crobuzon, where magic and machinery collide, a perilous experiment unleashes a nightmare threatening to consume everything. Isaac, a renegade scientist, inadvertently sets a monstrous force loose and must assemble an unlikely alliance of outcasts to confront it. As the city teeters on the brink of destruction, the ensuing battle plunges into the darkest depths of human ambition and the unsettling beauty of the bizarre. China Miéville’s PERDIDO STREET STATION is a captivating journey into a world brimming with grotesque wonders, savage horrors, and the relentless pulse of revolution.

“Having cherished my first Folio Society edition as a child, and been captivated by its beauty and mystique, it's been an immense honor to collaborate with the Society on one of my own books,” Miéville shared in a statement. “I remain astonished that something I wrote will be a part of this remarkable collection, and deeply grateful to everyone at the Society for making this entire process such a pleasure.”

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

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