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Mortal Engines
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- Author
- Philip Reeve
- First published
- 2001
- Editions
- 7
- Subjects
- Children's stories, English, Science fiction, Steampunk, Fiction, Nuclear weapons, City and town life, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction
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Key facts
- Author
- Philip Reeve
- Cover artist
- David Frankland
- Language
- English
- Series
- Mortal Engines Quartet
- Genre
- Young adult , steampunk , bildungsroman
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Publication date
- 16 November 2001
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
- Media type
- Print (hardback and paperback)
- Isbn
- 0-439-97943-9
- Followed by
- Predator's Gold
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Encyclopedic overview
Mortal Engines is a young adult science fiction novel by Philip Reeve, published by Scholastic UK in 2001. The book focuses on a futuristic, steampunk version of London, now a giant machine striving to survive on a world that is running out of resources.
Mortal Engines is the first book of a series, the Mortal Engines Quartet, published from 2001 to 2006. It has been adapted as a 2018 feature film.
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