Mortal Engines (novel)

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Mortal Engines (novel) is a 2001 young adult steampunk science fiction book by Philip Reeve set in a post-apocalyptic world where mobile predator cities roam the earth.

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Mortal Engines (novel) canonical 1
Mortal Engines Quartet 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
science fiction novel
adaptation Mortal Engines (film) NERFINISHED
adaptationType feature film
author Philip Reeve NERFINISHED
award Blue Peter Book Award (shortlisted) NERFINISHED
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award, 9–11 years) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
filmDirector Christian Rivers NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 2018
filmScreenwriter Fran Walsh NERFINISHED
Peter Jackson NERFINISHED
Philippa Boyens NERFINISHED
firstPublicationFormat hardcover
followedBy Predator's Gold NERFINISHED
genre post-apocalyptic fiction
science fiction
steampunk
young adult fiction
intendedAudience young adults
isbn 0-439-33165-4
language English
mainCharacter Hester Shaw NERFINISHED
Katherine Valentine NERFINISHED
Shrike NERFINISHED
Thaddeus Valentine NERFINISHED
Tom Natsworthy NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableConcept MEDUSA superweapon
traction cities
partOf Mortal Engines universe NERFINISHED
precededBy N/A
publicationDate 2001
publisher Scholastic NERFINISHED
series Mortal Engines Quartet NERFINISHED
setting mobile traction cities NERFINISHED
post-apocalyptic Earth
targetAgeRange 9–12
theme class conflict
environmental destruction
identity
municipal Darwinism
redemption

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Mortal Engines (2018 film) narrativeUniverse Mortal Engines (novel)
this entity surface form: Mortal Engines Quartet