I recently finished Perdido Street Station, and one minor thing that bothered me is how many of the other races were either a humanoid version of earth life (cactus person, bird person) or a literal combination of a human and something (head of a bug, body of a person). That just seems so fantastically unlikely that I wonder if any of the other books in that setting explain it. Like, is it a future earth and the races are results of generic modification in some prior era?
I liked the book pretty well, through it’s not exactly uplifting. Thought provoking though.
I’m charmed to see Perdido Street Station come up! I was talking to my wife about this very book earlier this evening.
It’s so good! One of my favourites!
Yep, it had lots of cool ideas. I’m glad to have read it.
I take it you enjoyed it then?
Definitely! It was an excellent read. I do think you hit the nail on the head with