Bas-Lag
Bas-Lag is the fictional world in which several of China Miéville's novels are set. Bas-Lag is a world where both magic (referred to as "thaumaturgy") and steampunk technology exist, and is home to many intelligent races. It is influenced by the themes and tropes of multiple genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
The Bas-Lag novels
So far there have been three novels set in Bas-Lag. They are:
Additionally, the short story "Jack", featured in the 2005 collection Looking for Jake, is a Bas-Lag story.
Geography
Bas-Lag possesses a number of continents. Two landmasses, Rohagi and Bered Kai Nev, are named in the three novels, though numerous other landmasses and unique structures play important roles in the novels.
Rohagi
The exact proportions and geography of Rohagi are unknown. New Crobuzon lies about ten miles (16 km) inland from its eastern coast, which borders the Swollen Ocean. Immediately south of New Crobuzon is the Rudewood, beyond which lies the Mendican Hills. North of New Crobuzon, along the coast but separated by the Bezhek Mountains, are the ruins of Suroch. To the west, about a thousand miles from New Crobuzon and far beyond the Dancing Shoe Mountains, lies the four-hundred mile wide freshwater lake called Cold Claw Loch. The Loch connects with the vast, inland Cold Claw Sea, eight hundred miles to the north, via a natural channel called Cold Claw Sound. The Cold Claw Sea is talon-shaped, stretching eastward a great distance, almost connecting with the Swollen Ocean before curving southward for about two hundred miles, finally ending about seven hundred miles north of New Crobuzon. This southward curve is the Gengris, and is populated by the dangerous and unpredictable grindylow.
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by: Paul WellerCan you put a smile back on all these different faces
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Or is love forever gone, banished to a smaller part
Hide behind your wall and start to get to the very heart
Oh, an' if you wanna shoot the moon
Make sure that you know, why?
Careful fly too soon
Better let someone else try
I'm the weaver of your dreams, I get rid of your bogeyman
I'm here to smash the shell you're under
An' get you into another thing
I'm the weaver of your dreams, I put paid to the rocketman
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And get you started with another plan
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