Iron Council
core novel 2004 Bas-Lag / New Crobuzon
Record
| First published | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.73 (17,196 ratings, collected 2026-08-11) |
| Page count | 564 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780333989722 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Bas-Lag / New Crobuzon
- Series: Bas-Lag core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: China Miéville
Awards (verified)
- Arthur C. Clarke Award (Best Novel), 2005: won
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2005: won
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2005: nominated
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2005: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (Bas-Lag): Core Canon = all 3 novels (Macmillan/Del Rey, 2000-2004). Each is an independent standalone story set in the same world of Bas-Lag (no shared protagonist, no direct continuation) rather than a conventional trilogy -- registered as one continuous sequence by shared setting, this canon's existing pattern for same-world independent-story sequences. No further Bas-Lag novel has been announced as of 2026-08-11; Mieville's short fiction set in Bas-Lag (the collection Looking for Jake contains at least one Bas-Lag story) was not researched and is not registered.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Bas-Lag: position 3 of 3: previous The Scar (2002)
Sources
← Bas-Lag / New Crobuzon dossier · All universes
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