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Railsea / China Mieville.
- Description: 424 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 2012.
- ISBN: 9780345524522 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0345524527 (hardback)
Available copies
- 5 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 7 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Main | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Fiction/ Mieville (Text to phone) | Checked out | 06/05/2013 |
| Danvers | New Books | NEW Fic / Mieville (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Fiction | FICTION/Mieville (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Marblehead | Teen Fiction | Y FICTION MIEVILLE, CHINA 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Reading | Adult Fiction | FICTION MIE (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Swampscott | Thomson Room | YA Fic-sf Mieville (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Wakefield | On Order | On Order 66856 (Text to phone) | On order | - |
| Summary: | "On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one's death & the other's glory. But no matter how spectacular it is, Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life than traveling the endless rails of the railsea--even if his captain can think only of the hunt for the ivory-colored mole she's been chasing since it took her arm all those years ago. When they come across a wrecked train, at first it's a welcome distraction. But what Sham finds in the derelict--a kind of treasure map indicating a mythical place untouched by iron rails--leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. Soon he's hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters, & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. Here is a novel for readers of all ages, a gripping & brilliantly imagined take on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick that confirms China Mieville's status as "the most original & talented voice to appear in several years" (Science Fiction Chronicle)"-- |
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Fantasy fiction. |
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