China Miéville Book order (chronological)

Potrebovali sme špeciálny nástroj, povedala. Preto sme sa obrátili na bohov. Legendy o neusmrtiteľnom bojovníkovi kolovali vždy. Bojovníkovi, ktorý bol svedkom vzostupov a pádov civilizácií. Mal rôzne mená: Unute, Dieťa blesku, Smrť. Dnes je známy jednoducho ako B. A túži len po jedinom: byť smrteľný. Teraz mu jedna špeciálna americká vojenská jednotka sľubuje, že mu s tým pomôže. Stačí, ak s čímsi pomôže aj on jej. No po nečakanej absurdnej udalosti, ktorá privedie k životu obyčajného mŕtveho vojaka, prichádza uvedomenie, že existuje azda čosi ešte mocnejšie a záhadnejšie ako samotný B. Sila, ktorá má svoj vlastný plán. Pri tejto jedinečnej spolupráci, v ktorej sa spája Miévilleov originálny autorský štýl a predstavivosť s Reevesovým pútavým rozprávačstvom, vzniklo niečo skutočne výnimočné – epos o nesmrteľnosti, ktorý prekračuje všetky žánrové hranice, inšpirovaný svetom komiksov BRZKR

"An epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, inspired by the world of the BRZRKR comic books"--

Examining the aftermath of the Arab Spring, this book explores the Spring not as a series of failed revolutions but as successful counter-revolutions. Adding a new dimension to the history of revolutions, it addresses key debates in democratisation, authoritarian resilience and civil resistance.

A reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: the Communist Manifesto.

Facing irreversible climate change, the planet is on route to apocalypse

A fresh take on post-apocalyptic fiction, combining voices across science fiction, horror and weird fiction for the end of the world seen through the salvage and the ruins. Featuring China Mieville, Emily St John Mandel, Charlie Jane Anders, Ramsey Campbell and more.

1941, inmitten des vom Zweiten Weltkrieg bedrohten Marseilles, stolpert der amerikanische Ingenieur und Okkultist Jack Parsons in eine Widerstandsgruppe, zu der auch der surrealistische Dichter André Breton zählt. In dieser Résistance aus regimekritischen Diplomaten, exilierten Revolutionären und Avantgarde-Künstlern sieht Parsons einen Hoffnungsschimmer. Aber was er aus Versehen freisetzt, ist die Macht der Träume – und der Albträume –, die den Krieg für immer verändert. 1950 erkundet der einsame Kämpfer des Surrealismus Thibaut die halluzinogene Stadt Neu-Paris, wo sich Nazis und Résistance einen ewigen Guerilla-Krieg liefern und in den Straßen lebendig gewordene surrealistische Kunstwerke und Texte ihr Unwesen treiben. Gemeinsam mit der amerikanischen Fotografin Sam versucht er, unversehrt aus der Stadt zu entkommen. Doch dafür müssen sie sich mit der gefährlichsten Manifestation zusammenschließen: dem Cadavre Exquis.

Jednoho rána se Londýn probudí a nebe je plné vznášejících se ledovců. Student anatomie zjišťuje, že v kostech každého z nás je od narození vyřezaný tajemný vzor. Na souš se dostávají ropné plošiny poháněné podivuhodným, zběsilým účelem… Osmadvacet příběhů mistra new weird, z nichž většina zde vychází zcela poprvé. Satira, horor, sci-fi, komedie… fantazii Chiny Miévilla se meze nekladou!

When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks like a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he probes, the evidence begins to point to conspiracies far stranger, and more deadly, than anything he could have imagined. Soon his work puts him and those he cares for in danger. Borlu must travel to the only metropolis on Earth as strange as his own, across a border like no other. With shades of Kafka and Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler and 1984, the multi-award winning The City & The City by China Mieville is a murder mystery taken to dazzling metaphysical and artistic heights.

Rok 1941. W ogarniętej wojennym chaosem Marsylii zjawia się Jack Parsons, amerykański inżynier i adept sztuk tajemnych. W kryjówce antynazistowskiej organizacji spotyka członków ruchu oporu, w tym André Bretona, czołowego teoretyka surrealizmu. Podczas dziwnych gier towarzyskich rozgrywanych przez niepokornych dyplomatów, wygnanych rewolucjonistów i awangardowych twórców Parsons za pomocą swego wynalazku odnajduje i gromadzi nadzieję. A jednak wbrew intencjom doprowadza do uwolnienia mocy zrodzonej ze snów i koszmarów, zmieniając losy wojny i świata na zawsze. Rok 1950. Thibaut, samotny bojownik surrealistów idzie ulicami nawiedzonego Paryża, gdzie naziści i członkowie ruchu oporu zmagają się w ciągłym konflikcie, a po ulicach przechadzają się żywe obrazy i manifestacje tekstów literackich, a także istoty z głębi piekieł. Aby wydostać się z miasta, musi połączyć siły z Sam, amerykańską fotografką, próbującą utrwalić obraz zrujnowanego Paryża, a oboje znajdą sprzymierzeńca w postaci enigmatycznego symbolu łączącego w sobie przypadek i bunt: wyrafinowanego trupa...

Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville offers a unique perspective on the Russian Revolution, coinciding with its centenary. In February 1917, Russia was an autocratic monarchy, but by October, it had transformed into the first socialist state in history. This work explores the extraordinary months between these revolutions, examining how a war-torn and struggling nation underwent such a radical change. Mieville delves into the key figures and forces that shaped this pivotal year, from well-known leaders like Lenin and Trotsky to their adversaries, Kornilov and Kerensky. The narrative spans the complexities of urban activists and the remote villages of a vast empire, capturing the intricacies of political maneuvers and the chaos of revolution. While historians have debated the revolution's implications for a century, Mieville presents the events in a way that is accessible to newcomers, emphasizing both their historical significance and the passion, drama, and strangeness of the time. This account not only highlights the political ramifications but also reveals the Russian Revolution as a captivating story in its own right.

A thriller of a war that never was - of survival in an impossible city - of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Mieville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new. Beauty will be convulsive... 1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer - and occult disciple - Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever. 1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts - and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse.But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties - to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself.

"In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a profoundly traumatic event. He tries--and fails--to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation may be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether?"--Page 2 of cover.

The multi-award-winning China Miéville has been called 'the equal of David Mitchell or Zadie Smith' (Scotland on Sunday), whose 'inventiveness and precision is awesome' (Independent), and who writes with 'an imagination of immense power' (Guardian). In this extraordinary series of stories, defying definitions and literary stereotyping, he once again proves why he 'is one of the most interesting and promising writers to appear in the last few years in any genre' (Carlos Ruiz Zafon). In these 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.

What would happen if you discovered the H Dial, an unbelievably powerful artifact that turned you into a super hero? Nelson and Roxie are on the trail to unlock the mysteries of the H-dial while being stalked by the mysterious Centipede, who may have the answers they are looking for...and his own dark and deadly motivations. It will take every ounce of courage and luck for our unlikely heroes to discover secrets of the H Dials before their enemies finds them. Collects #7-15 of Dial H.

What would happen if you discovered a powerful artifact that turned you into a super hero? What if that device threatened the entire world? These are just some of the questions asked in this thrilling and inventive storyline written by the bestselling, award-winning novelist China Mieville!

On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt. The giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in oneâe(tm)s death & the otherâe(tm)s glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railsea, Sham senses that thereâe(tm)s more to life. Even if his captain can think only of her obsessive hunt for one savage mole. When they find a wrecked train, it's a welcome distraction. But the impossible salvage Sham finds there leads to trouble. Soon he's hunted on all sides: by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. Praise for China Miéville: âe~Fiction of the new centuryâe(tm) Neil Gaiman, âe~Miévilleâe(tm)s work is thrillingly imaginative âe¦ immensely witty & utterly unforgettableâe(tm) Scotland on Sunday, âe~One of the most imaginative young writers around in any kind of fictionâe(tm) Guardian, âe~Miévilleâe(tm)s imagined societies may be fantastic, but they are utterly coherent . . . wonderfully infectiousâe(tm) Daily Telegraph

Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.

Это время войн и революции, конфликтов и интриг. Нью-Кробюзон разрывается на части — и изнутри и снаружи. Война с Тешем, призрачным городом «медленных жидкостей», а также восстания и баррикады на улицах самого Нью-Кробюзона потихоньку, но верно стягивают город в пропасть и пучину гражданской войны. Странный человек в маске становится лидером бунтарей. Кто это? Какие цели он преследует? И группа ренегатов решает, что спасти Нью-Кробюзон может только «Железный Совет», и они отправляются на его поиски на далекий континент Бас-Лаг...

Im Natural History Museum verschwindet ein perfekt erhaltener Riesenkalmar spurlos. Kurator Billy Harrow begibt sich auf die Suche durch ein London voller Kulte, Magie, Verrat und Meuchelmörder. Die Riesenkrake könnte mehr sein als nur eine Rarität – manche glauben, sie sei eine alte Gottheit.

Zwei Städte - geeint und doch entzweit. Die Bewohner werden erzogen, einander nicht zu sehen. Das unerlaubte Betreten der jeweils andere Stadt zieht schwerste Strafen nach sich. Ein ganz alltägliches Szenario für Kommissar Borlú. Eines Tages wird in Borlús Stadt eine Frauenleiche gefunden. Der Mord stellt ihn vor ein Rätsel. Denn die Tote hätte niemals in seiner Stadt auftauchen dürfen. Offenbar hat der Mörder gegen die Regeln verstossen: Er hat die Leiche von der einen Stadt in die andere geschafft, ohne Alarm auszulösen. Will Borlú den Fall lösen, bleibt ihm nur ein einziger Weg: Er muss allein in die verbotene Zwillingsstadt, um das Ungesehene sichtbar zu machen.

Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears?

Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears?

Inspector Tyador Borlú must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Besźel

Un Lun Dun is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things end up--including people. When 12-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance into this strange city, it seems that an ancient prophecy is coming true. Illustrations.

Fühlst du dich wohl in deiner Stadt? Falls ja, denk noch einmal gründlich nach ... In MOLOCH rankt sich alles um das fantastische Potenzial der Großstadt: ob im verfallenen London China Miévilles oder der beunruhigenden Hightech-Zukunftsvision von Geoff Ryman. An anderer Stelle ist den Bewohnern von Paul di Filippos Stadt Himmel und Hölle auf den Fersen, und Michael Moorcock entführt uns auf die unsicheren Straßen einer Zukunft, die auf den Trümmern des 11. September errichtet ist. In diesem Band sind vier längere Erzählungen der angesehensten Autoren des SF-und Fantasy-Genres vereint.

In dieser unheimlichen Novelle von China Mièville wird die Vorstellung von Spiegeln als Tore zu einer schrecklichen Welt thematisiert. Dabei lauern monströse Wesen darauf, in unsere Welt einzudringen. Mièville, bekannt für seine Werke in der Phantastik, folgt den Spuren großer literarischer Vorbilder.

A new cast of characters shares mythical adventures in the sprawling, phantasmagoric city of New Crobuzon.

From Delusions of Universal Grandeur to Twentieth Century Chronoshock, this amusing pocket guide to concocted diseases - designed and illustrated by John Coulthart - features an anthology of slightly morbid, darkly humorous ailments and prognosis srved up by such renowned luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Gahan Wilson, Brian Stableford, and Michael Bishop.

Explore a haunting London filled with otherworldly creatures in this collection of thirteen short stories. Delve into visionary cityscapes, urban paranoia, and encounters with ghosts, monsters, and bizarre diseases.

Der ?Falter? ist den Versuchslabors der Wissenschaftler entkommen und erweckt gleiche seiner Art. Nur ein kleines Team von Menschen unter dem Schutz des ?Webers?, einer zauberkundigen und unberechenbaren Riesenspinne, hat die Chance, Widerstand zu leisten und die Stadt New Crobuzon zu retten. Sie verschanzen sich im zentralen Bahnhof der Stadt, der Perdido Street Station, und fassen einen verzweifelten Plan ...Ausgezeichnet mit dem Arthur C. Clarke Award 2001.

From the author of Perdito Street Station, an epic and breathtaking fantasy of extraordinary imagination.

Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies the city of New Crobuzon, where the unsavory deal is stranger to no one--not even to Isaac, a gifted and eccentric scientist who has spent a lifetime quietly carrying out his unique research. But when a half-bird, half-human creature known as the Garuda comes to him from afar, Isaac is faced with challenges he has never before encountered. Though the Garuda's request is scientifically daunting, Isaac is sparked by his own curiosity and an uncanny reverence for this curious stranger. Soon an eerie metamorphosis will occur that will permeate every fiber of New Crobuzon--and not even the Ambassador of Hell will challenge the malignant terror it evokes.

Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat. In the night-land behind London's fa ade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature. Grotesque murders rock the city like a curse. Mysterious forces prepare for a showdown. With Drum and Bass pounding the backstreets, Saul confronts his bizarre inheritance - in the badlands of South London, in the heart of darkness, at the gathering of the Junglist Massive. Like the DJ says: 'Time for the Badman.' 'Tackles his theme with a dark assurance... with its original blend of twisted urban fairytale and modern gothic horror, King Rat marks out China Mi ville as an author to be watched.' The Times 'Brings together elements of fantasy, fairytale and the detective story... I greatly enjoyed Mi ville's weird and engaging myth-making.' Daily Telegraph