China Miéville
Hardcover | Pages: 424 pages Rating: 3.89 | 11312 Users | 1535 Reviews
Declare Books Concering Railsea
| Original Title: | Railsea |
| ISBN: | 0345524527 (ISBN13: 9780345524522) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (2013), Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2016), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2013), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman étranger and Traduction (2017), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (Robert Holdstock Award) (2013) Andre Norton Award Nominee (2012) |
Rendition As Books Railsea
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 and 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-coloured 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 series of pictures hinting at something, somewhere, that should be impossible—leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. Soon he's hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters and salvage-scrabblers. And it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea.From China Miéville comes a novel for readers of all ages, a gripping and brilliantly imagined take on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick that confirms his status as "the most original and talented voice to appear in several years." (Science Fiction Chronicle)
Describe Appertaining To Books Railsea
| Title | : | Railsea |
| Author | : | China Miéville |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 424 pages |
| Published | : | May 15th 2012 by Del Rey |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Steampunk. Young Adult |
Rating Appertaining To Books Railsea
Ratings: 3.89 From 11312 Users | 1535 ReviewsPiece Appertaining To Books Railsea
Imagine a world where islands of solid ground are surrounded by seas of shifting dirt, sand and ice, all of it infested with dangerous subterranean predators -- giant moles, ant lions and of course the dreaded naked mole rats. The only way across this earthen sea is a labyrinthine network of rails, built and maintained by mysterious beings called Angels. In the Railsea, men travel by train, and brave molers set sail to hunt the giant moldywarpe. Our hero, Sham ap Soorap, has just signed aboardLeave it to China Miéville to write a young adult novel and so obfuscate his intentions (via complex vocabulary, a tricky literary style, dense prose, measured pacing, a total lack of plot threads about which boy is cuter) that I've had more than one conversation with youth librarians here on Goodreads who swear up and down that this isn't a young adult book. My evidence is, of course, rather shaky at best: the publisher says so, and why should I complain, because that means the hardcover costs
How can China Mieville fit so much imagination into his closely-shaven head? The man's potential appears boundless. Since he exploded onto the scene with Perdido Street Station,each new work has broken new ground in so many different directions. It's mind-bogggling that the author of The City and the Cityand Embassytown can produce this chimera of Romanticism, steampunk, dystopiana, with sprinklings of pirates,a soupcon of Robinson Crusoe, & of course an obssessed & (possibly) maimed
Originally reviewed here.Im not going to lie and say that Railsea is a book I will be recommending to all readers, but I will, with certainty, be recommending it to anyone and everyone I think would enjoy it. Railsea isnt what anyone expects to see under the YA label. Many have argued that it isnt really YA at all, but when a book is pitched as a novel for readers of all ages, I dont think its really trying to be. Given its content, I think that a novel for readers of all ages is the perfect
I've only read one book by China Mieville, but I've heard many good things about his writing from many smart people. So I grabbed this book when I was away at a convention and needed something to read. But Honestly? I'm not sure how I felt about it. It was well-written. And it was clever. It made me chuckle in certain places. There was interesting, even unique worldbuilding.... But I just don't know. I feel like I *want* to like it more than I actually did like it. It might simply be an issue of
Only China Miéville can write like this. Not just writing about a whole new world but also writing it in a whole new style. He has a wonderful way with words, sometimes using them in unusual ways and sometimes just making them up but always to great effect. This book is supposedly aimed at Young Adults and it does have a YA feel about it but it is also very readable for any age. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys the weird and the wonderful in the hands of an excellent writer.
Once again, China Mieville has done it. Taken a bunch of genres, mushed them together and thoroughly conquered them. This time it's young adult, steampunk, speculative fiction and then some.I love Mieville's playfulness with techniques. No two books are written similarly. In this case, he intersperses the longer action-oriented scenes with one-page chapters where he, as narrator, breaks the fourth wall, directly addressing the reader. Frequently this is done to explain a literary device, such as
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