Philip Reeve
Paperback | Pages: 326 pages Rating: 3.78 | 46078 Users | 4872 Reviews
Itemize Books As Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet #1)
| Original Title: | Mortal Engines |
| ISBN: | 0060082097 (ISBN13: 9780060082093) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mortal Engines Quartet #1 |
| Characters: | Tom Natsworthy, Hester Shaw, Anna Fang, Katherine Valentine, Bevis Pod |
| Literary Awards: | Whitbread Award Nominee for Children's Book (0), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2006), Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for 9-11 years (2002), Lincoln Award Nominee (2006), North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (2003) Seiun Award 星雲賞 for Best Translated Long Form (2007) |
Explanation Concering Books Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet #1)
"It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea."The great traction city London has been skulking in the hills to avoid the bigger, faster, hungrier cities loose in the Great Hunting Ground. But now, the sinister plans of Lord Mayor Mangus Crome can finally unfold.
Thaddeus Valentine, London's Head Historian and adored famous archaeologist, and his lovely daughter, Katherine, are down in The Gut when the young assassin with the black scarf strikes toward his heart, saved by the quick intervention of Tom, a lowly third-class apprentice. Racing after the fleeing girl, Tom suddenly glimpses her hideous face: scarred from forehead to jaw, nose a smashed stump, a single eye glaring back at him. "Look at what your Valentine did to me!" she screams. "Ask him! Ask him what he did to Hester Shaw!" And with that she jumps down the waste chute to her death. Minutes later Tom finds himself tumbling down the same chute and stranded in the Out-Country, a sea of mud scored by the huge caterpillar tracks of cities like the one now steaming off over the horizon.
In a stunning literary debut, Philip Reeve has created a painful dangerous unforgettable adventure story of surprises, set in a dark and utterly original world fueled by Municipal Darwinism -- and betrayal.
Point Appertaining To Books Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet #1)
| Title | : | Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet #1) |
| Author | : | Philip Reeve |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 326 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2004 by Harper Collins US UK (first published November 16th 2001) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fantasy. Fiction. Dystopia |
Rating Appertaining To Books Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet #1)
Ratings: 3.78 From 46078 Users | 4872 ReviewsEvaluate Appertaining To Books Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet #1)
Mortal Engines is an enchanting blend of steampunk, dystopia, and whimsy. The adventure is grand, the world is alive, and the characters are memorable. In the distant future, the earth is little more than barren landscape cluttered with the rusted remnants of crumbling infrastructure. People have raised the cities from the ground, retrofitting them with rolling tracks and steaming engines to prowl the wastes in search of smaller cities to devour for scrap. The mining town saw the danger andThis book gets a solid OKAY from me: good for young adult, but just fine overall. There was one thing about it that I couldn't get behind, and that one thing got in the way of my enjoyment. More on that below.Generally speaking, this writing was too young for me, but this time I say that as an observation, not a critique, because it's written/meant for a younger audience (middle-grade level). Readers who enjoy YA would enjoy it as well, but the writing gave me that feeling that it was written
Originally Posted on Guy Gone GeekWith the dystopian boom the market is now seeing, its kind of hard to find a true dystopian novel. Strange, isnt it? There are lots of dystopian novels being published these days but only few of it really fits the genre. Yeah, some books tries but thats what makes the difference: it tries, it doesnt just be. Gone was the bleak tone of the narrative. Gone was the relentless nature of the society. Gone was the subtle questions the readers have to ask themselves.
And so on to the last of books I need to catch up upon and one I must add which was so much fun to read. As I have hinted at in the review for Night Flights - this is the first of the Hungry Cities series (I will admit I am sure I have known them by other names but I am sure Goodreads is right - as I thought they were the Mortal Engines?).Anyway this is my first edition I have been putting off and off for no apparent reason - till now. Any boy was a I missing out - the story will soon be told in
I dont think I have ever read any steampunk before. However, I do think the Dark Materials series may fall into that genre and I did read that (even though I didnt care for it), so maybe I have. I decided to try Mortal Engines because I saw the preview for the recently released movie and I thought it looked interesting. I am not sure how the movie fared, but the book was quite an adventure!Set in a steampunk future world, the majority of the cities on Earth have become giant moving behemoths
So, it's one of the rare cases where I liked the movie better, but the book is still very, very good. The main characters are charming, and the world is FASCINATING. My 14yo son read the book before we saw the movie, and he also preferred the movie, but is still planning to read the entire series. I might, but I've been hearing from a lot of people about how the prequel series, FEVER CRUMB, is their favorite, so I think I'll go to those first. The movie was full of pretty people running around,
Well... I picked this book back up a few times to try to just finish it but I'm finding my brain just can't handle the sheer amount of implausibility. I mean, I have a pretty strong ability to suspend disbelief but there is something about the ridiculous mechanics in this that make me unable to finish. I gave it a try though, which to me is the reason I belong to the Sword & Laser group, to try things I wouldn't have otherwise.
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