Three Moments of an Explosion

Dust jacket illustration by Dave McKean.

We’re pleased to present 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 our edition consists of only 452 copies, far smaller than the trade hardcover, which will have many thousands of copies, and smaller even than our usual limited editions for China, as well.

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.”

Limited: 400 signed numbered copies
Lettered: 52 signed copies, bound in leather, housed in a custom traycase

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