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Title: Mortal Engines Title Record # 29723
Author: Philip Reeve
Date: 2001-11-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Series: Hungry City Chronicles / Mortal Engines Quartet
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: Shortlisted in the Children's Book category at the 2002 Whitbread Awards. (wikipedia)
Synopsis: 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. 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...
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
2003Translated by Suzanne Braam
Dutch Een moordend systeem
2006Translated by 安野玲 (Anno Rei)
Japanese
移動都市?いどうとし
Idō Toshi
Idou Toshi
[as by
フィリップ・リーヴ?Firippu Rīvu
Firippu Riivu
]
2010Translated by Jacques Meerman
Dutch Levende steden
2018Translated by Gesine Schröder and Nadine Püschel
German Krieg der Städte
2018Translated by Jacques Meerman
Dutch Mortal engines

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win (as
移動都市?いどうとし
Idō Toshi
Idou Toshi
)
2007 Seiun Best Translated Long Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Mortal Engines 2001-00-00 Philip Reeve Scholastic Press UK 0-439-98222-7
£6.99?£: UK pound
293
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel David Frankland Checkmark
Mortal Engines 2001-11-00 Philip Reeve Scholastic Press UK 0-439-99345-8
£12.99?£: UK pound
293
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel David Frankland  
Mortal Engines 2002-09-00 Philip Reeve Scholastic UK 0-439-97943-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
293
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel David Frankland  
Een moordend systeem 2003-11-00 Philip Reeve Van Holkema & Warendorf 90-269-9695-0
€14.99?€: Euro
319
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Mortal Engines 2003-11-00 Philip Reeve Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-008207-0
$16.99?$: US dollar
310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Christophe Vacher  
Mortal Engines 2003-11-00 Philip Reeve HarperCollins 0-06-008208-9
$17.89?$: US dollar
310
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Christophe Vacher  
Mortal Engines 2004-09-00 Philip Reeve Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-008209-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
373
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Christophe Vacher  
Mortal Engines 2006-01-00 Philip Reeve Eos / HarperCollins 0-06-008209-7
$6.99?$: US dollar
373
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel David Frankland  
移動都市?いどうとし
Idō Toshi
Idou Toshi
2006-09-29
フィリップ・リーヴ?Firippu Rīvu
Firippu Riivu
東京創元社?Tōkyō Sōgensha
Tokyo Sogensha
(
創元SF文庫?Sōgen SF Bunko
Sōgen Esu Efu Bunko
Sougen SF Bunko
Sougen Esu Efu Bunko
Sogen SF Bunko
Sogen Esu Efu Bunko
)
4-488-72301-2
¥940?¥: Japanese yen
384
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel
後藤啓介?Gotō Keisuke
Gotou Keisuke
Goto Keisuke
ごとうけいすけ
 
Mortal Engines 2008-05-16 Philip Reeve Paw Prints 978-1-4352-7951-3
$15.99?$: US dollar
373
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Mortal Engines 2009-05-04 Philip Reeve Marion Lloyd Books 978-1-4071-1091-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
304
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
Mortal Engines 2010-04-05 Philip Reeve Scholastic UK 978-1-4071-1704-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
304
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel  
Levende steden 2010-07-00 Philip Reeve De Boekerij 978-90-225-5462-3
€10.00?€: Euro
282
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel David Wyatt  
Mortal Engines 2011-04-01 Philip Reeve Turtleback Books 978-0-606-15275-4
$20.85?$: US dollar
341
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Mortal Engines 2011-06-07 Philip Reeve Marion Lloyd Books 978-1-4071-2920-4
£6.98?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Mortal Engines 2012-06-01 Philip Reeve Scholastic 978-0-545-22211-2
$9.99?$: US dollar
296
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Eamon O'Donoghue  
Mortal Engines 2012-06-07 Philip Reeve Marion Lloyd Books 978-1-4071-3127-6
£6.99?£: UK pound
304
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
novel  
Levende steden 2013-01-14 Philip Reeve De Boekerij 978-90-225-6394-6   288
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
Mortal Engines 2017-05-30 Philip Reeve Scholastic 978-1-338-20112-3
$9.99?$: US dollar
296
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Eamon O'Donoghue  
Mortal Engines 2018-07-05 Philip Reeve Scholastic UK 978-1-4071-8914-7
£7.99?£: UK pound
336
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Ian McQue  
Krieg der Städte 2018-08-22 Philip Reeve Fischer Tor 978-3-10-490654-6
€9.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel Ian McQue  
Mortal Engines 2018-08-28 Philip Reeve Scholastic UK 978-1-4071-8895-9
£7.99?£: UK pound
336
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
Mortal engines 2018-09-00 Philip Reeve Van Goor 978-90-00-35741-3
€12.50?€: Euro
288
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
Mortal engines 2018-09-00 Philip Reeve Van Goor 978-90-00-35653-9
€9.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
Mortal Engines Quartet 2018-09-06 Philip Reeve Scholastic UK 978-1-4071-9177-5
£32.00?£: UK pound
1664
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Krieg der Städte 2018-10-24 Philip Reeve Fischer Tor 978-3-596-70212-1
€12.00?€: Euro
332
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
novel Ian McQue Checkmark
Mortal Engines date unknown Philip Reeve Scholastic UK 0-439-97943-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
293
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel David Frankland Checkmark
Mortal Engines date unknown Philip Reeve Point / Scholastic UK 0-439-97943-9
£5.99?£: UK pound
293
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel David Frankland Checkmark
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