"Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville 2000

This book has been calling to me for years. Haunting me. I first saw it on the list of nominations for the Hugo Award in 2002. I think I also saw the author's King Rat on a previous award list. The titles and the author's name intrigued me. I never even saw a copy of this book until a few months ago, but it's always been in the back of my head as something I should read. When I first held it, it felt...compelling. Something I needed to read. I almost didn't want to read it in order to savor that anticipation. But I read it. It was exactly what I was hoping for. A dense, richly imagined tale about a fantasy metropolis. Cities fascinate me, real and unreal alike.

( Perdido Street Station )