Date: April 17, 2004
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

BCDC's rating: 3.67

The menu for this meeting: meatball pasta soup, thyme cake, goat cheese tart, and more...

The BCDC Reading Guide for Perdido Street Station is below.

• How does the book's pacing and structure evolve as the plot unfolds?
• Who is the main character of the book?
• What genre(s) would you place this book in?
• Is "Perdido Street Station" a good title?
• Is this book science fiction or fantasy?
• What is this book about? I.e., is there a theme? What is it addressing -- love, art, science?
• Is this world earth?
• What do you think of the Garuda's notion of concrete versus abstract rationality?
• What other titles might you give this book?
• What would you say are the themes of this book?
• Isaac develops a theory of everything in this book. Has Mieville written a book of everything?