Sewer, Gas & Electric publication history

American editions

• First edition hardcover (pictured at left) published 1997 by The Atlantic Monthly Press. Cover illustration by Elaine Cardella; cover design by Rick Pracher.

• Mass market paperback published 1998 by Warner/Aspect. Cover illustration by Elaine Cardella; cover design by Don Puckey.

• Trade paperback published 2004 by Grove Press. Cover illustration (sans World Trade towers) by Elaine Cardella; cover design by Rick Pracher. One printing to date.

Foreign editions

• German-language hardcover (pictured at right), retitled G.A.S.: Die Trilogie der Stadtwerke, published 1998 by Carl Hanser Verlag. Translation by Ditte König and Giovanni Bandini. Cover illustration by Gabriel Nemeth; jacket design by Peter-Andreas Hassiepen.

• German-language paperback published 2000 by Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. Six printings as of 2006.

• Polish-language paperback, retitled Ścieki, gaz i prąd, published 1999 by Prószyński I S-ka. Translation by Wojciech M. Próchniewicz. Cover art by Ryszard Ronowski.

• Italian-language paperback, retitled Acqua, luce e gas, published 2000 by Fannuci Editore. Translation by Vittorio Curtoni. A reissue with new cover art was published in 2004.

The information above is as accurate and complete as I can make it, but particularly in the case of foreign-language editions it can be difficult to verify such things as publication dates. Artworks on this page remain the property of their respective copyright holders; in most cases, this will be the illustrator or photographer who created the image.

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Sewer 1st edition cover
German Sewer cover
Russian Sewer cover

• French-language paperback, retitled Un Requin sous la Lune, published 2002 by Éditions du Masque. Translation by Guillaume Fournier. Cover photograph by S.S. Yamamoto.

• French-language paperback reissue published 2004 by Éditions Gallimard.

• Spanish-language paperback, retitled Alcantarillado, gas y electricidad, published 2005 by Ediciones Salamandra. Translation by Susana Beatriz Cella. Cover illustration (with the Empire State Building replacing the World Trade towers) by Elaine Cardella.

• Russian-language paperback (pictured at left), retitled Канализация, Газ & Электричество, published 2007 by Eksmo Publishers.