Confusing name of series

[idiffer]

I googled Iron Council, but didn't find an answer as to why it's "new crobuzon 3" and not "bas-lag 3". They're all set in the same universe and the series page puts all three novels in the series, so wtf?

Second:
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1474...
This series is just batshit: duplicate numbers, no number one in series, the sixth book is the first to be published. oO

[Empress]

Fixed the second series. Someone more familiar will have to deal with the first one. There are already a few older topics discussing the name.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Hugo]

Regarding Mieville's books: New Crobuzon is the name of the city Perdido Street Station is set in. Bas-Lag is the name of the country. Those three books are set in Bas-Lag, but not all of them in New Crobuzon.

Therefore, I think that Bas-Lag is a more encompassing name for the series overall, possibly with an updated note explaining that the series may also be known as New Crobuzon?

[idiffer]

Read linked discussions... and apparently nobody is sure about anything. Why not use twin series titles in some or all the books?

Iron council (bas-lag 3; new crobuzon 3) or omit the numbers of the second series name altogether? Obviously Mievile and his publisher done effed up, and personally I vote GR create its own numbering/naming for this series. Clarity is more important than mistakes/hang-ups of authors. Like is GR gonna break once an author decides the name of his novel will be 200 words long???

[Empress]

Hugo wrote: "Therefore, I think that Bas-Lag is a more encompassing name for the series overall, possibly with an updated note explaining that the series may also be known as New Crobuzon?

That is already mentioned here.


idiffer wrote: "Why not use twin series titles in some or all the books? ."

Because there is one series page and the numbering matches. It is enough to have a series name and add the additional names in the series description section (as it is already done).


idiffer wrote: " and personally I vote GR create its own numbering/naming for this series."

Two series names already exists. Why make up more? What would be helpful is to have the author opinion, but he may not even consider the books to be in series.

To me it also makes sense that Bas-Lag would be the series name, but would prefer someone familiar with the series to deal with them.

I am also reading reviews on star rigger and I am tempted to reverse the changes, but have instead listed the alternate order in the description. It seems the preferred reading order is that of the previous numbering, so I suspect it was done by someone familiar with those books as well.

[idiffer]

@Elise
Ok, I won't bring up bas-lag series. But star rigger? How is possible to have TWO books with series subtitle "star rigger 2"? + I've seen series with publication order AND seperately narrative-chronological order.

Sure, it could be from different POV, but there's Old man's war, which listed a dif POV book as the next in the series, not the same number.

EDIT: oh, you want to have both types of order. I missed that.