Three Moments of an Explosion

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China Miéville: Three Moments of an Explosion (2015, Random House Publishing Group)

English language

Published Jan. 22, 2015 by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-1-101-88473-7
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3 stars (1 review)

A provocative new collection of short stories by the New York Times best-selling and Hugo Award-winning author of Kraken explores a range of styles and forms to explore an alternate universe where nature provocatively renders the human race an endangered species.

2 editions

Uneven, But Worth the Time

3 stars

This is an incredibly strange collection, filled with bizarre ideas and twists. What it lacked (and this is so common in collections) was consistency. I’ll be honest, I almost gave up after the first couple of pieces. I didn’t care at all for the title piece, and worried that the stories wouldn’t improve.

Happily, I was wrong. There were several that will stick with me for quite some time. I made a pact with myself that, if I wasn’t feeling a story after the first several pages, I could skip it and move ahead. In so doing, I discovered that about half of the stories didn’t catch me. The half that did, however, were worth the effort.

I would recommend reading this collection, but only when you are able to fully concentrate and take the time to unwrap the strange gifts inside at your own pace. And it’s ok to …

Subjects

  • Fiction, short stories (single author)