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Old 5th July 2005, 04:48 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Re: Iron Council by China Mieville

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Originally Posted by littlemissattitude
Sounds good. I do have a question, though. You say that this one can be read independently of "Perdido Street Station" and "The Scar". But what about those two. I just bought "The Scar" yesterday (had a birthday gift card to spend, but they didn't have "Perdido"). Should I wait to read "The Scar" until I have read "Perdido" (which I can get from my local library)?
I didn't - I read the Scar first, and barely missed out on anything. There is one moment where they refer to the incident that takes place in Perdido Street Station, but it is so minor (a couple of words, literally) that it doesn't make a difference. I don't think it really matters at all which order you read them in. With the Scar first, I actually found it interesting to be able to go back and actually read what really happened with this incident which there wasn't really any detail on in the Scar, but sounded interesting.

I just bought Iron Council, and I'm looking forward to reading it soon.
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