Perdido St. Station, by China Meivelle, is basically Clockwork Empires: The Book. I can almost guarantee reading it will provide dozens of new ideas for horrible things that can happen to your colonists and nightmarish structures you should be able to erect in your city.
That's funny. When it was discovered that somebody on team had *not* read it I was 'ordered' to bring in my copy for them to read.
I'm pretty sure that I still HAVE David's copy of Perdido St. Station, and that I have yet to get to reading it.
I have it on audiobook. We could listen to it while we sort these *amazingly useful bugreports* this weekend?
I will also note, for the record: https://www.gaslampgames.com/tag/the-china-mieville-fan-club-meets-here-at-6/ https://www.gaslampgames.com/tag/the-reading-list-was-just-going-to-be-anything-by-china-mieville-over-and-over-anyway/
The 3rd book in the New Crobuzon setting, "The Iron Council" is actually about NC subjugating the frontier and building a railroad,
That's one the one I haven't read (not available on audio ). If you haven't read it, do check out RailSea, it's wonderful.
I started Kraken last week after my entire family yelled at me to read it. Considering how many cult messages I get a couple days into a colony, its pretty fitting. Related note - Cult vs. Cult warfare? "My Elder God has more writhing tentacles/cacophonous maws/ethereal claws than your Elder God."
It's basically Sharks vs. Jets, but the Invisible Order of The Black Monolith vs. The Unseen Siblinghood of Her Thousand All-Consuming Jaws.
And I thought I just had Dwarf Fortress vampires to handle. I'm looking forward to meting out frontier justice during a multi-faction clandestine civil war!
