China Mieville : Three Moments of an Eplosion - Signed US HB Limited First Edition
Signed and numbered by the Author. Signed by the artist Dave McKean.
Dust jacket illustration by Dave McKean.
Presenting the signed limited edition of Three Moments of an Explosion, a collection of stories that showcase the singular vision of China Mieville. Please note that most of the stories in Moment are making their first appearance therein, and that this edition consists of only 452 copies, far smaller than the trade hardcover, which will have many thousands of copies, and smaller even than the usual limited editions for China, Publishers Weekly graced Three Moments of an Explosion with a starred review, saying of it, “Above all what the stories have in common is a sense that the world is not just strange, but stranger than we can really comprehend.”
The multi-award-winning China Miéville has been called 'the equal of David Mitchell or Zadie Smith' (Scotland on Sunday), a writer whose 'inventiveness and precision is awesome' (Independent), and who writes with 'an imagination of immense power' (Guardian).
In this extraordinary series of stories, glistening icebergs float above urban horizons; a burning stag runs wild through the city; the ruins of industry emerge unsteadily from the sea; and the abandoned generations in a decayed space-elevator look not up at the stars but down at the Earth. Ranging from portraits of childhood to chilling ghost stories, from dystopian visions to poignant evocations of uncanny love, with beautiful prose and melancholy wit, this breath-taking collection poses searching questions of what it is to be human in an unquiet world. It is a humane and unsentimental investigation of our society, our world, and ourselves.
Table of Contents:
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by the Author and artist
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
Dust jacket illustration by Dave McKean.
Presenting the signed limited edition of Three Moments of an Explosion, a collection of stories that showcase the singular vision of China Mieville. Please note that most of the stories in Moment are making their first appearance therein, and that this edition consists of only 452 copies, far smaller than the trade hardcover, which will have many thousands of copies, and smaller even than the usual limited editions for China, Publishers Weekly graced Three Moments of an Explosion with a starred review, saying of it, “Above all what the stories have in common is a sense that the world is not just strange, but stranger than we can really comprehend.”
The multi-award-winning China Miéville has been called 'the equal of David Mitchell or Zadie Smith' (Scotland on Sunday), a writer whose 'inventiveness and precision is awesome' (Independent), and who writes with 'an imagination of immense power' (Guardian).
In this extraordinary series of stories, glistening icebergs float above urban horizons; a burning stag runs wild through the city; the ruins of industry emerge unsteadily from the sea; and the abandoned generations in a decayed space-elevator look not up at the stars but down at the Earth. Ranging from portraits of childhood to chilling ghost stories, from dystopian visions to poignant evocations of uncanny love, with beautiful prose and melancholy wit, this breath-taking collection poses searching questions of what it is to be human in an unquiet world. It is a humane and unsentimental investigation of our society, our world, and ourselves.
Table of Contents:
- Three Moments of an Explosion
- Polynia
- The Condition of New Death
- The Dowager of Bees
- In The Slopes
- The Crawl
- Watching God
- The 9th Technique
- The Rope is the World
- The Buzzard’s Egg
- Säcken
- Syllabus
- Dreaded Outcome
- After the Festival
- The Dusty Hat
- Escapee
- The Bastard Prompt
- Rules
- Estate
- Keep
- A Second Slice Manifesto
- Covehithe
- The Junket
- Four Final Orpheuses
- The Rabbet
- Listen The Birds
- A Mount
- The Design
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by the Author and artist
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
