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Railsea

Railsea( )
Author: Miéville, China
ISBN:978-0-230-76512-2
Publication Date:Jun 2012
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Macmillan
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $29.99
Book Description:

Venture into the Railsea in this extraordinary novel from bestselling author China Mieville On board the moletrain Medes, a boy called Sham 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 and the other's glory are extraordinary. But no matter how spectacular it is, travelling the endless rails of the railsea, Sham senses that there's more to life. Even if his...
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Book Details
Pages:384
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Juvenile Fiction / Transportation / Railroads & Trains
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.5 x 23.5 x 2.8 cm
Book Weight:0.505 Kilograms
Author Biography
Miéville, China (Author)
China Miéville was born in Norwich, England on September 6, 1972. He received a B.A. in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge in 1994, and a Masters' degree with distinction and Ph.D in international relations from the London School of Economics, the latter in 2001. He has also held a Frank Knox fellowship at Harvard University.

His first novel, King Rat, was nominated for both an International Horror Guild and a Bram Stoker award. His other works include Perdido Street Station, The Scar, Iron Council, Un Lun Dun, The City and the City, Embassytown, and Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories. He has won numerous awards for his works including three Arthur C. Clarke Awards, two British Fantasy Awards, the British Science Fiction Award, and the 2008 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book.

He also published a book on Marxism and international law called Between Equal Rights: A Marxist Theory of International Law. He teaches creative writing at Warwick University.

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