Railsea
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Railsea is a 2012 young adult science fiction novel by China Miéville that reimagines Moby-Dick in a post-apocalyptic world of endless railroads and monstrous subterranean creatures.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Railsea canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ young adult novel ⓘ |
| author | China Miéville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| basedOn | Moby-Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
giant animals
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salvage and scavenging ⓘ trains ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Shane Rebenschied NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | monstrous subterranean creatures ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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science fiction ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-52452-2 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 448 pages ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre |
post-apocalyptic fiction
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speculative fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
environmental degradation
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exploration ⓘ industrialization ⓘ myth-making ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Moby-Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | English-language market ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | weird fiction elements ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sham Yes ap Soorap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inventive rail-based world-building
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reimagining of Moby-Dick ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Pan Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | China Miéville bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Del Rey Books
NERFINISHED
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Pan Macmillan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
post-apocalyptic world
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world of endless railroads ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
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