Mortal Engines

TitleMortal Engines
Year for Search2001
AuthorsReeve, Philip(b. 1966)
Date Published2001
PublisherScholastic Press
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish 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.

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Author Note

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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.