The Borribles Across The Dark Metropolis

Author : Michael De Larrabeiti
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781447262640

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The Borribles by Michael De Larrabeiti Pdf

A small band of childlike runaways take on a bold mission across a dangerous city... London's forgotten corners hide a rebellious community of small outcasts - the Borribles. And apart from their pointed ears, their childlike appearance allows them (mostly...) to say one step ahead of the authorities. They live by their wits, high spirits and a few Borrible laws -- the chief one being, 'Don't Get Caught!' This motto will stand them in good stead, as the Battersea Borribles prepare for their greatest adventure of all. One night, they discover one of their ancient enemies, a giant rat-like Rumble, in their traditional territory. They've fought hard for their dwellings in the city's forgotten corners, so clearly something must be done. Fearing an invasion, an elite group of Borrible fighters set out on what will become known in legend as the Great Rumble Hunt. So begins the first of three epic adventures in Michael de Larrabeiti's classic trilogy, where excitement, violence, low cunning, greed, generosity, treachery, and bravery exist side by side. This ebook edition features extra material, including some not seen in any previous editions of the book. For example, you'll find China Miéville's introduction and an illustration drawn by Michael de Larrabeiti, as well as a map of the London territories explored. Amongst other pieces of interesting background, you'll also discover colourful descriptions of the wonderful cast of characters.

Author : Michael De Larrabeiti
Publisher : Tor UK
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781743531655

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Across the Dark Metropolis: The Borribles 3 by Michael De Larrabeiti Pdf

The third book in this rebellious adventure for readers of all ages, set in a shadowy, alternate London. This edition contains a heartfelt introduction by author China Miéville, who says 'the Borribles were, and are, my heroes'. Being a Borrible is far from easy, but it's full of bravery, treachery and excitement. They are outcasts and like it that way. But, to any vigilant policemen, their pointed ears prove that they aren't in fact runaway children. Then it's time for quick wits and the Borrible motto 'Don't get caught!' In the last instalment of this great adventure, Battersea is no longer safe for Borribles. The London Police are closing in, using their Special Borrible Group - a secret unit dedicated to finding Borribles and clipping their ears. Driven on by the fanatical Inspector Sussworth, the SBG is determined to wipe out Borribles once and for all. It's now time to break away, escort their old friend Sam to safety in Neasden, then return to the old Borrible life of independence and freedom. So begins a perilous trek across the dark metropolis - a journey that will test the courage and cunning of the adventurers to the very limits.

Author : Michael De Larrabeiti
Publisher : MacMillan
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
ISBN : 1447251792

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The Borrible Trilogy by Michael De Larrabeiti Pdf

A smalll group of feral, street-wise Peter-Pan-type beings set out on three very different but related missions across the darker side of London. They are missions combining excitement, violence, low cunning, betrayal, loyalty, greed, generosity, cowardice and insane bravery. This is an epic fantasy adventure that is both thought-provoking and thrilling until the very last second, set against the backdrop of an all too familiar yet weirdly different urban landscape. For the first time, Michael de Larrabeiti's much-loved, classic novels The Borribles, The Borribles Go for Broke and Across the Dark Metropolis are brought together in one book.

Author : Michael De Larrabeiti
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781447262657

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The Borribles Go For Broke by Michael De Larrabeiti Pdf

The second book in this rebellious adventure for readers of all ages, set in a shadowy, alternate London. This edition features extra material, such as a heartfelt introduction to the trilogy by author China Miéville, who says 'the Borribles were, and are, my heroes'. Neil Gaiman has also said that ‘the Borribles – pointy eared street children, battling the police and evil rodents in the alleys and underground of a mythic London – were remarkable, and definitely were one of the streams that fed into Neverwhere.’ Chalotte, a Borrible from Whitechapel, very nearly lost her life on the Great Rumble Hunt. This dangerous adventure across the city, into the heart of their rat-like enemy’s territory, meant several good friends were left for dead. And all to retain the Rumble’s treasure chest. To Chalotte, the treasure was evil, went against Borrible principles and she had sworn never to go on another adventure. But when Chalotte and other Rumble Hunt survivors discover that Sam the horse is in danger, they know they have no choice. Borribles always help their friends. And their attempts to rescue Sam lead them into the second Great Borrible Adventure... These wonderful books have many fans, including Cory Doctorow who says they are, ‘among my most favourite examples of both YA literature and literature about London ... adventure, thrills, chases, fights, camaraderie, nobility, betrayal: everything you could possibly ask for.’ This ebook edition features extra material, including some not seen in previous editions of the book. In addition to China Miéville's introduction, you’ll find a map of the London territories explored. You'll also discover colourful descriptions of the wonderful cast of characters.

Author : Michael de Larrabeiti
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765350068

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The Borribles Go For Broke by Michael de Larrabeiti Pdf

In the unspecified future in London, a war erupts between the Borribles, a gang of creatures who formerly were children, and their arch enemies, the Rumbles.

Author : Michael De Larrabeiti
Publisher : Tor UK
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781743530719

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The Borribles: The Borribles Book 1 by Michael De Larrabeiti Pdf

In this adventurous tale for readers of all ages, a small band of childlike runaways undertake a bold mission across a shadowy, alternate London. This edition contains a heartfelt introduction by author China Miéville, who says 'the Borribles were, and are, my heroes'. London's forgotten corners hide a rebellious community of small outcasts - the Borribles. And apart from their pointed ears, their childlike appearance allows them (mostly...) to say one step ahead of the authorities. They live by their wits, high spirits and a few Borrible laws -- the chief one being, 'Don't Get Caught!' This motto will stand them in good stead, as the Battersea Borribles prepare for their greatest adventure of all. One night, they discover one of their ancient enemies, a giant rat-like Rumble, in their traditional territory. They've fought hard for their dwellings in the city's forgotten corners, so clearly something must be done. Fearing an invasion, an elite group of Borrible fighters set out on what will become known in legend as the Great Rumble Hunt. So begins the first of three epic adventures in Michael de Larrabeiti's classic trilogy, where excitement, violence, low cunning, greed, generosity, treachery, and bravery exist side by side.

Author : Julia Armfield
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250224767

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salt slow by Julia Armfield Pdf

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link. In her electrifying debut, Julia Armfield explores women’s experiences in contemporary society, mapped through their bodies. As urban dwellers’ sleeps become disassociated from them, like Peter Pan’s shadow, a city turns insomniac. A teenager entering puberty finds her body transforming in ways very different than her classmates’. As a popular band gathers momentum, the fangirls following their tour turn into something monstrous. After their parents remarry, two step-sisters, one a girl and one a wolf, develop a dangerously close bond. And in an apocalyptic landscape, a pregnant woman begins to realize that the creature in her belly is not what she expected. Blending elements of horror, science fiction, mythology, and feminism, salt slow is an utterly original collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock, heralding the arrival of a daring new voice.

Author : Michael de Larrabeiti
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 076535005X

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The Borribles by Michael de Larrabeiti Pdf

In the unspecified future in London, a war erupts between the Borribles, a gang of creatures who formerly were children, and their arch enemies, the Rumbles.

Author : Michael De Larrabeiti
Publisher : Ace Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441003117

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The Borribles by Michael De Larrabeiti Pdf

Living in the midst of the London metropolis and haunting the streets at night, the mischievous Borribles live by their wits, avoiding the Special Borrible Group of the London Police whose assignment is to capture the imps and send them back to a boring c

Author : China Miéville
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345464521

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Perdido Street Station by China Miéville Pdf

WINNER OF THE AUGUST DERLETH AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDS • A masterpiece brimming with scientific splendor, magical intrigue, and fierce characters, from the author who “has reshaped modern fantasy” (The Washington Post) “[China Miéville’s] fantasy novels, including a trilogy set in and around the magical city-state of New Crobuzon, have the refreshing effect of making Middle-earth seem plodding and flat.”—The New York Times The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the center of the world. Humans and mutants and arcane races brood in the gloom beneath its chimneys, where the river is sluggish with unnatural effluent and foundries pound into the night. For a thousand years, the Parliament and its brutal militias have ruled over a vast economy of workers and artists, spies and soldiers, magicians, crooks, and junkies. Now a stranger has arrived, with a pocketful of gold and an impossible demand. And something unthinkable is released. The city is gripped by an alien terror. The fate of millions lies with a clutch of renegades. A reckoning is due at the city’s heart, in the vast edifice of brick and wood and steel under the vaults of Perdido Street Station. It is too late to escape.

Author : Sibylle Baumbach,Ulla Ratheiser
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030753979

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Victorian Surfaces in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture by Sibylle Baumbach,Ulla Ratheiser Pdf

This volume explores the politics and poetics of Victorian surfaces in their manifold manifestations. In so doing, it examines various cultural products ‘as they are’ and highlights the art of surface composition in the Victorian era as well as the socio-cultural ramifications of the preoccupation with the exterior. By closely reading the various surfaces materialising in Victorian literature and culture, the individual contributions explore the dialectics of surface and depth in Victorian (and Neo-Victorian) cultures as well as the legibility of surfaces. They look into the surfaces of literary narratives, paintings, and film but also into natural surfaces such as skin or bark. Each chapter foregrounds what is present rather than absent in a text, while also paying attention to the surfaces that become manifest on the diegetic level of the text, be they cloth, landscapes, or human bodies or faces. This is an open access book.

Author : China Miéville
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466826021

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King Rat by China Miéville Pdf

Award-winning author China Miéville began his astounding career with King Rat—now in a new Tor Essentials edition—a mix of a young man's search for identity with a pulse-pounding story of revenge and madness. With a new introduction by Tim Maughan, author of Infinite Detail. Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul's prison cell and leads him to freedom: a shadow called King Rat. King Rat reveals to Saul his own royal heritage, a heritage that opens a new world for him, the world below London's streets. With drum-and-bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must confront the forces that would use him, the ones that would destroy him, and those that have shaped his own bizarre identity. Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : China Miéville
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345454898

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The Scar by China Miéville Pdf

A mythmaker of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Miéville’s Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage—and escape from horrific punishment. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon. For Bellis, the plan is clear: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until it is safe to return home. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are summarily executed. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating, landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. On Armada, everyone is given work, and even Remades live as equals to humans, Cactae, and Cray. Yet no one may ever leave. Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada’s agenda. The answer lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters—terrifying entities with a singular, chilling mission. . . . China Miéville is a writer for a new era—and The Scar is a luminous, brilliantly imagined novel that is nothing short of spectacular. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from China Miéville’s Embassytown.

Author : Marcus L. Rowland
Publisher : Hellograph Incorporated
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Games
ISBN : 0966892623

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Forgotten Futures by Marcus L. Rowland Pdf

Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780337166

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 2003 by Stephen Jones Pdf

The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.