false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184062130m/1482241.jpg 287861 17 <p><b>London is hunting</b></p> <p>The great Traction City lumbers after a small town, eager to strip its prey of all assets and move on. Resources on the Great Hunting Ground that once was Europe are so limited that mobile cities must consume one another to survive, a practice known as Municipal Darwinism.</p> <p>Tom, an apprentice in the Guild of Historians, saves his hero, Head Historian Thaddeus Valentine, from a murder attempt by the mysterious Hester Shaw -- only to find himself thrown from the city and stranded with Hester in the Out Country. As they struggle to follow the tracks of the city, the sinister plans of London's leaders begin to unfold ...</p> 3981652 2001 Mortal Engines (The Hungry City Chronicles) total:637|5:211|4:247|3:136|2:35|1:8| 637 2529 942 137 3 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 19:39:21 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 19:43:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 11:38:45 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 11:39:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Dec 15 18:10:58 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 18:51:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 01:43:05 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 02:34:29 -0700 2009 Larklight) because of their titles and their covers. Like Larklight, this one has a fascinating and original setting. In this sense, both books remind me...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 23:45:11 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 00:17:52 -0700 2009 Mortal Engines has been one of the bright spots in my reading year so far--along with the third Bartimaeus Trilogy book! (What took me so long to read either??) I loved this to an irrational degree throughout (my criteria for five stars). But I sure would love to discuss it with more people . . .
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In a distant futere were cities move about and devour each other (much to the Anti-Tractionists dislike) there are dark secrets and ancient powers.

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The universe in which these books are set is one of a future Earth where various cities have been rebuilt in such ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 09 00:59:37 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 09 01:00:25 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:53:53 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:23:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 18:45:28 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 15:33:58 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 11:48:09 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 09:51:45 -0700 2009 Mortal Engines is an intriguing and horrifying look at the possible future. We follow two sets of teens throughout this morbid look at things to come. Katherine, aided by a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:47:40 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:52:36 -0800 2009
Instead I found it to be an astounding story based on a post-apocalyptic future and a premise I can't wrap my mind around. It's about cities on tank treads th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 10:37:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 17:16:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 02 22:58:33 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 22 22:04:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 20:53:09 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 12:31:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 08 12:16:56 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 07 16:11:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 18:36:27 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 18:40:35 -0700 2007
It was strange to read Against the Day, where the boys'-own-adventure story ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1482241