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Alas, not a real fight, but this is an interesting blurb from Subterranean Press:

We're hard at work on the signed limited edition of China Mieville's beloved Perdido Street Station. A copy of the trade paperback is out being scanned, and will be designed and proofed in roughly two months. This fall, Edward Miller plans to create an original wraparound cover as well as a pull-out illustration for our edition. Perdido will also contain the original UK cover as a frontispiece.

We've received a number of queries from customers who paid Night Shade Books for their proposed edition to see if we'll be honoring those purchases, or able to guarantee them a lettered edition if they have already purchased one through Night Shade. (We won't be able to.) Our edition is in no way affiliated with Night Shade Books. Customers should contact them for resolution if they placed an order.

First - the Subterranean edition sounds gorgeous. Second - I'm guessing the Night Shade edition really is dead in the water, but that's officially third-hand. If anyone has ordered the Night Shade edition of Perdido, let us know what the scoop is.