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

China Miéville's Perdido Street Station, a critically acclaimed fantasy novel and cornerstone of "weird fiction," is receiving a luxurious treatment from The Folio Society. This deluxe hardcover edition, timed perfectly for the book's 25th anniversary, boasts a hefty 707 pages.

The Folio Society edition includes a new afterword by Miéville himself and stunning artwork by Doug Bell. Bell's contribution features eight black and white chapter-opening images, twelve full-color illustrations, and a meticulously detailed map of the city of New Crobuzon.

IGN offers an exclusive 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:

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.

Miéville shared his enthusiasm, stating, “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. 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 (500 copies worldwide) will be released on Tuesday, March 18th on The Folio Society website.

The Folio Society continues to expand its offerings, recently venturing into comic book reprints. See our exclusive previews of DC: Batman and Marvel: Unforgettable Stories.