Municipal Darwinism

Yes, it’s a town eat town world in the Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve

Just finished Mortal Engines and can’t wait to read Predator’s Gold and any others he may have written.

Although this is likely to be shelved in the Young Adult section of the library it’s a thought provoking book with plausible characters and some laugh out loud humour too.

Coincidentally Philip Reeve was born in my hometown of Brighton, apropos of absolutely nothing!  And Brighton does not figure in Mortal Engines, although I think the Royal Pavilion would make a perfect town-topper!  You just have to read the book to find out.

Teaser Tuesday ~ Mortal Engines

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“So tell me, Tom,” asked Miss Fang, setting the ship on a new course, “where is London going?”

What if Miss Fang flew off and told some larger city where to lie in wait for London, in exchange for a finder’s fee?

From Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve, 2001 Eos

This is a meme that anyone can do.  I found it  at Jeanne’s Blog, and the way it works is:

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Now I just need yet another tutorial on how to copy the badge to my blog.  Every time a badge comes along that I want to proudly display, it’s always a challenge to me for some reason.    And I need to find a pic of the cover perhaps on Amazon, is that how everyone does it?

the host is Miz B at Should be Reading so if you join in, go to her Teaser Tuesday post and post your link in the comments section!  If you aren’t actively blogging, just put the teaser itself into the comments section.

Although I may not do this every week, I’m usually reading something, so why not?

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