MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02010nam a22002898a 4500
001 2012009516
003 DLC
005 20120315113924.0
008 120315s2012 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2012009516
020 $a9780345524522 (hardback)
020 $a9780345524546 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPR6063.I265$bR35 2012
082 00 $a823/.914$223
084 $aJUV037000$aFIC009000$aJUV041050$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMiéville, China.
245 10 $aRailsea /$cChina Mieville.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDel Rey/Ballantine Books,$c2012.
263 $a1205
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one's death & the other's glory. But no matter how spectacular it is, Sham can't shake the sense that there is more to life than traveling the endless rails of the railsea--even if his captain can think only of the hunt for the ivory-colored mole she's been chasing since it took her arm all those years ago. When they come across a wrecked train, at first it's a welcome distraction. But what Sham finds in the derelict--a kind of treasure map indicating a mythical place untouched by iron rails--leads to considerably more than he'd bargained for. Soon he's hunted on all sides, by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters, & salvage-scrabblers. & it might not be just Sham's life that's about to change. It could be the whole of the railsea. Here is a novel for readers of all ages, a gripping & brilliantly imagined take on Herman Melville's Moby-Dick that confirms China Mieville's status as "the most original & talented voice to appear in several years" (Science Fiction Chronicle)"--$cProvided by publisher.
655 7 $aFantasy fiction.$2gsafd
650 7 $aFICTION / Fantasy / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u978-0-345-52452-2.jpg