LEADER 00000cam  22000008a 4500 
001    ocn747527888 
003    OCoLC 
005    20120511052828.0 
008    120315s2012    nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2012009516 
020    9780345524522|qhardback ; 9781480606173 hardback) 
020    0345524527|qhardback 
035    (OCoLC)747527888 
035    (OCoLC)747527888 
035    (OCoLC)747527888 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dBTCTA|dBDX|dYDXCP|dIEB 
042    pcc 
049    CKEA 
050 00 PR6063.I265|bR35 2012 
082 00 823/.914|223 
084    JUV037000|aFIC009000|aJUV041050|2bisacsh 
100 1  Miéville, China. 
245 10 Railsea /|cChina Mieville. 
250    First edition. 
263    1205 
264  1 New York :|bDel Rey/Ballantine Books,|c2012. 
300    424 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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  0 Mythical fiction. 
914    FARM185060 
994    92|bCKE