THE SCAR: China Mieville Signed & Remarqued 1st Edition

THE SCAR
 
CHINA MIEVILLE
 
SUBTERRANEAN PRESS
 
SIGNED BY MIEVILLE 
 
NUMBERED EDITION  - ONLY 500 COPIES PUBLISHED THIS BEING No.472 of 500
 
THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REMARQUED BY THE BOOKS ARTIST LES EDWARDS UNDER HIS PSEUDONYM 'EDWARD MILLER' - AS SUCH THIS IS A VERY RARE & COLLECTIBLE EDITION  - ONLY A HANDFUL ARE REMARQUED!!
 
First published in 2002, China Mieville’s The Scar was the second in an extraordinary sequence of novels set in the fictional universe of Bas-Lag. The first Bas-Lag novel, Perdido Street Station, is widely regarded as a classic of modern fantasy. The Scar is every bit its equal. The Scar is a novel of the sea—of the people, ships and cities that live on the surface, and the astonishing creatures that live beneath. It tells the story of an ill-fated voyage from New Crobizon, the primary setting of Perdido Street Station, to the fledgling colony of Nova Esperium. That voyage will encompass piracy, floating cities, transformative magic, impossibly vast sea creatures, and the threat of impending war. It will lead, in the end, to a region known only as The Scar, where quotidian reality breaks down and new possibilities proliferate.

The Scar is a definitive example of The New Weird, an expansive, revolutionary offshoot of traditional fantasy. Written in muscular, often poetic language and informed throughout by the author’s intelligence and restless imagination, it remains a unique accomplishment, a book no one else could have written. For Mieville’s longtime fans, The Scar is a novel well worth rediscovering. For newcomers, it is an irresistible introduction to an extraordinary fictional world.

Winner of the British Fantasy Award, The Scar by China Miéville is a colossal fantasy of incredible diversity and spellbinding imagination, set in the richly visualized world of Bas-Lag.

A human cargo bound for servitude in exile.

A pirate city hauled across the oceans.

A hidden miracle about to be revealed.

These are the ingredients of an astonishing story. It is the story of a prisoner's journey. Of the search for the island of a forgotten people, for the most astonishing beast in the seas, and ultimately for a fabled place - a massive wound in reality, a source of unthinkable power and danger.


Bibliographic Details :
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Publication Date: March 2019
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Signed: Signed by the Author
Edition: First Edition, First Impression
 
 
Les Edwards:
 
Has been a professional illustrator for over forty years.

He has worked in many fields and areas but is best known for the huge number of book jackets he has produced in the Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror genres. His work has included major advertising campaigns, movie posters for films including John Carpenter's The Thing and Clive Barker's Nightbreed and he has worked in film production and gaming, illustrating graphic novels too.
 
He is a seven time recipient of the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist, has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award five times (his alter-ego Edward Miller won it in 2008), and for a Chesley Award on five occasions as well.