Talk:Perdido Street Station

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[edit] Synopsis

Whoever started the synopsis of the book needs to finish it, else the whole thing needs to be re-written from the start - preferably a more general synopsis rather than a breakdown of each section of the book, as has been attempted. Tredanse 11:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree. I've just finished the book (oh shiny, shiny book!) and would be willing to promise to have a go at completing the synopsis in this format in the near future. But, like you, I'm not convinced that that's the best way to go about writing an article. Should I go for it, or should we come up with something else? Athenemiranda 13:37, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
The current format's okay. If you want to write a more condensed synopsis, that'd be better. The person who started this has sort of been reviewing the book, which isn't exactly encyclopedic. - Tredanse 13:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
I started the synopsis, feel free to trash it and start again. I don't even have a copy of the book to hand so I'm very unlikely to finish it. TRS-80 17:05, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
I removed the synopsis with a more compact and spoiler-free plot introduction.-Fictitious 02:02, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
While I agree there ought to be a spoiler-free introduction, I think the article needs both this introduction and a more detailed plot summary. PSS is a vast book; readers looking for information on characters and plot who don't want to have to re-read the book would doubtless find it useful to have a better resource. A book entry in an encyclopedia should contain a decent plot summary: could you do an encyclopedia article on Gulliver's Travels that simply said "Gulliver sailed away and had travels?" No, a good article would mention the various lands he travels to and the important characters he meets. This book has won several very prestigious awards and is a notable landmark in SF/F. It's earned more than just a spoiler-free introduction entry, which reads more like a sales pitch on the back cover. This is an encyclopedia. I think we should be less worried about spoiling potential readers and more worried about providing quality information. Besides, this is why spoiler warnings were invented. - Emperial (talk) 04:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
We don't use spoiler warnings in plot sections. See WP:SPOILER. Geoff B (talk) 08:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Races of New Crobuzon

I suggest this section be moved to the New Crobuzon article. Tredanse 11:10, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Or vice-versa. I've added Perdido Street Station to the list a dystopian literature, but the New Crobuzon article discusses this, unlike this article. It's also a hell of a lot better than this article 144.132.251.40 12:56, 9 February 2006 (UTC)