Mortal Engines
Title | Mortal Engines |
Year for Search | 2001 |
Authors | Reeve, Philip(b. 1966) |
Date Published | 2001 |
Publisher | Scholastic Press |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Dystopia. First volume of four young adult novels set in a future of “urban Darwinism” in which roving cities compete for survival and dominance. Sequels are Predator’s Gold. London: Scholastic Children’s Books, 2003. U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2003; Infernal Devices. London: Scholastic Children’s Books, 2005. U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2005; and A Darkling Plain. London: Scholastic Children’s Books, 2006. U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2006. A collection of three related stories is Reeve, Night Flights. Illus. Ian McCue. Nw York: Scholastic, 2018. For an illustrated guide to the four novels, see Reeve and Jeremy Levett, The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines. Illus. London: Scholastic UK, 2018. See 2009 Reeve, Fever Crumb for the first volume of a series that is a prequel to this series. A film directed by Christian Rivers with a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson released in December 2018. |
Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2003. |
Info Notes | For an illustrated guide to the four novels, see Reeve and Jeremy Levett, The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines. Illus. London: Scholastic UK, 2018. See 2009 Reeve, Fever Crumb for the first volume of a series that is a prequel to this series. A film directed by Christian Rivers with a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson released in December 2018. |
Holding Institutions | L |
Author Note | (b. 1966) |
Full Text | 2001 Reeve, Philip (b. 1966). Mortal Engines. London: Scholastic Press. U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2003. L, Public Dystopia. First volume of four young adult novels set in a future of “urban Darwinism” in which roving cities compete for survival and dominance. Sequels are Predator’s Gold. London: Scholastic Children’s Books, 2003. U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2003; Infernal Devices. London: Scholastic Children’s Books, 2005. U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2005; and A Darkling Plain. London: Scholastic Children’s Books, 2006. U.S. ed. New York: Eos, 2006. A collection of three related stories is Reeve, Night Flights. Illus. Ian McCue. Nw York: Scholastic, 2018. For an illustrated guide to the four novels, see Reeve and Jeremy Levett, The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines. Illus. London: Scholastic UK, 2018. See 2009 Reeve, Fever Crumb for the first volume of a series that is a prequel to this series. A film directed by Christian Rivers with a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson released in December 2018. |