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u/Phydeaux · 5 pointsr/Fantasy

Do yourself a favor and pick up China Mieville's Bas-Lag series.

Perdido Street Station

The Scar &

Iron Council

u/Katamariguy · 5 pointsr/Gamingcirclejerk

I'm so happy my books came in the mail.

u/strolls · 4 pointsr/printSF
  • William Gibson's Neuromancer and related.

  • Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon and sequels. Also Thirteen.
  • China Mievlle's The Scar. I can't vouch for his other books - reading in publication order would be to start with Perdito Street Station instead, but I haven't read it myself, yet.
  • Warren Hammond's Kop and sequels - I feel like this series has been a bit neglected by this subreddit, and I don't know why I rarely see it mentioned here. IMO this series is better than Morgan's sequels to Altered Carbon.
u/errant · 3 pointsr/books

China Miéville's The Scar

u/HeyYouJChoo · 3 pointsr/books

I liked The Scar by China Mieville. It is the second book in a series; you do not need to read the first book to enjoy this one! If you are looking to start from the beginning, Perdido Street Station is the first book.

u/spunshadow · 3 pointsr/books

I swear, all the good dystopian fiction with a real human quality is YA.

I actually haven't gotten around to the second or third books yet, I got very caught up in We Bought a Zoo, which is one of the most preposterous memoirs I have ever read.

Have you read any China Mieville? You could try The Scar! It's probably in my top ten books of all time.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

I am finishing up One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

You ALL still have Zoidberg!

u/ludifex · 2 pointsr/RPGdesign

Love these ideas! Have you read The Scar by China Mieville? If not, you should, the flavor feels quite similar.

u/frexels · 2 pointsr/books

cracks knuckles I have no idea if these have audiobooks. I'm sorry if they don't. Most of these are only three books long or shorter, sorry.

Sandman Slim and the sequel. It wasn't my favorite book, BUT it sounds a lot like what you're looking for. And it was fun.

China Mieville's Bas-Lag series (Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council. Three (~500 pg) books long, fantastic world building, twisty plots and great characters.

The Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson (Quicksilver, The Confusion and The Confusion of the World. Three books long, but you could kill a small animal by dropping one of those books on it. These are good, but his stand-alones are better (Snow Crash and Diamond Age for sure).

Most of Stephen King's stuff has the kind of sprawl you're looking for.

Dune, at least until God Emperor (#4).

Honestly, I think if you liked John Grisham, you'll like The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo books. I think I'm making that leap based on the last book in the trilogy. They're definitely entertaining.

u/Brighteye · 1 pointr/Fantasy

I'm surprised no one has mentioned any of China Mieville's work. Though he has a bunch of stand alone novels, he has 3 in a world he built: Perdido Street Station, The Scar, and Iron Council. All solid, but I think The Scar is the best.

Kind of steam punkish, but completely unlike anything else I've ever read.

u/Vahlir · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

New Weird: China Mieville's "The Scar"

The weirdness of Doctor Who in a fantasy/steampunk kind of setting. the Bas Lag series is wonderful and dark.

If you like the Dark Crystal's feeling of fantasy then this one is right up your alley.

Iron Council and Perdido Street Station are also amazing, with Perdido being my favorite but it's hard to get into. The Scar sells itself better and if you like it you'll be ready for Perdido and Iron Council.