Iron Council

TitleIron Council
Year for Search2004
AuthorsMiéville, China [Tom](b. 1972)
Date Published2004
PublisherBallantine Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Set in New Crobuzon, the city that plays a role in both 2000 and 2002 Miéville but set earlier than in those novels. Iron Council is a train that is a socialist society constantly moving, picking up the track behind it and laying it in front to go wherever the inhabitants choose. The leaders of New Crobuzon are set on destroying it, and various threads of the novel following characters involved on both sides. See also 2005 Miéville.

Author Note

(b. 1972)

Full Text

2004 Miéville, China [Tom] (b. 1972). Iron Council. New York: Ballantine Books.

Set in New Crobuzon, the city that plays a role in both 2000 and 2002 Miéville but set earlier than in those novels. Iron Council is a train that is a socialist society constantly moving, picking up the track behind it and laying it in front to go wherever the inhabitants choose. The leaders of New Crobuzon are set on destroying it, and various threads of the novel following characters involved on both sides. See also 2005 Miéville.