Iron Council
- 564
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- Arthur C. Clarke Award
- Kurd Lasswitz Award for Best Foreign Work
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About the book
Iron Council (2004) is a weird fantasy novel by the British writer China Miéville, his third set in the Bas-Lag universe, following Perdido Street Station (2000) and The Scar (2002). In addition to the steampunk influences shared by its predecessors, Iron Council draws several elements from the Western genre.
Reading order · Bas-Lag
Full order & progress →- Perdido Street StationStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - The Scar
8.18.1 / 10 - Iron CouncilThis book
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 145 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 7 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.1 | 138 | 95% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“not sure about this one. i loved the western railway aspect and the creativity but 90% of the characters were annoying to me. it did have a Weaver though...”
“I don't know. Took so long. I'm not sure I got into the story as well as I could've. It is so strange and foreign. But that's the quality I was looking for.”
Frequently asked
How long is Iron Council?
It has 564 pages — longer than 57% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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