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A series of novels by [[China Mieville]] set in the world of Bas-Lag. |
A series of novels by [[China Mieville]] set in the world of Bas-Lag. |
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'''Novels in this series (In chronological order):''' |
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In chronological order: |
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* ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'' |
* ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'' |
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** A scientist named Isaac van der Grimnebulin is commissioned by the wingless Garuda, Yagharek, to find a way to enable him to fly again. In Isaac's search for an solution, he unwittingly releases a monster in the city of New Crobuzon. |
** A scientist named Isaac van der Grimnebulin is commissioned by the wingless Garuda, Yagharek, to find a way to enable him to fly again. In Isaac's search for an solution, he unwittingly releases a monster in the city of New Crobuzon. |
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** Twenty years after the events of [[Perdido Street Station]], renegade railway workers, collectively known as The Iron Council, threaten the iron-fisted government control over the city-state of New Crobuzon. New Crobuzon is currently in a state of war with the rival city, Tesh, and events in New Crobuzon suggest that a large-scale revolt is on the verge of breaking loose. |
** Twenty years after the events of [[Perdido Street Station]], renegade railway workers, collectively known as The Iron Council, threaten the iron-fisted government control over the city-state of New Crobuzon. New Crobuzon is currently in a state of war with the rival city, Tesh, and events in New Crobuzon suggest that a large-scale revolt is on the verge of breaking loose. |
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=== Tropes associated with the Bas-Lag Cycle: === |
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: The cactus-people (known as the cactacae) can be punctured by bullets, crossbow bolts, arrows and the like, but their complete lack of internal organs makes such weapons next-to-useless. They're also enormous, extremely strong, and covered with spines, which makes close-range weapons like blades or clubs viable, but an extremely risky and inadvisable option for most people. A sort of crossbow called a ''rivebow'' was invented to get around this problem. It fires huge whirling chakris that can sever the heads and limbs of humans and cactacae alike, but the rivebow itself is [[Awesome but Impractical|so heavy and unwieldy that usually only other cactacae carry them]]. |
* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: The cactus-people (known as the cactacae) can be punctured by bullets, crossbow bolts, arrows and the like, but their complete lack of internal organs makes such weapons next-to-useless. They're also enormous, extremely strong, and covered with spines, which makes close-range weapons like blades or clubs viable, but an extremely risky and inadvisable option for most people. A sort of crossbow called a ''rivebow'' was invented to get around this problem. It fires huge whirling chakris that can sever the heads and limbs of humans and cactacae alike, but the rivebow itself is [[Awesome but Impractical|so heavy and unwieldy that usually only other cactacae carry them]]. |
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* [[Alternative Calendar]]: The people in Bas-Lag use rather bold-faced names for the days, such as Skullday, Chainday, and Fishday. |
* [[Alternative Calendar]]: The people in Bas-Lag use rather bold-faced names for the days, such as Skullday, Chainday, and Fishday. |
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