Looking for Jake, China Mieville
Looking for Jake, China Mieville
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Looking for Jake
Stories

Author: China Miéville

Narrator: Various

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/13/2011


Synopsis

A groundbreaking collection of stories, including four never-before-published tales, from the award-winning author of Perdido Street Station

What William Gibson did for science fiction, China Miéville has done for fantasy, shattering old paradigms with fiercely imaginative works of startling, often shocking, intensity. Among the fourteen superb fictions in Looking for Jake, including one set in Miéville’s signature fantasy world of New Crobuzon, are:

“Jack”—Following the events of his acclaimed novel Perdido Street Station, this tale of twisted attachment and horrific revenge traces the rise and fall of the Remade Robin Hood known as Jack Half-a-Prayer.

“Familiar”—Spurned by its creator, a sorceress’s familiar embarks on a strange and unsettling odyssey of self-discovery in a coming-of-age story like no other.

“Reports of Certain Events in London”—In which a writer named China Miéville receives a package containing clues to a vast and ongoing—yet utterly secret—war . . . a war about to turn a most unexpected corner.

“The Tain”—In this major story, winner of the Locus Award for Best Novella, a postapocalyptic London is overrun by vampires and monsters, alien yet weirdly familiar—and one man holds the future of humanity in his hands.

Plus ten other tales—including “On the Way to the Front,” a graphic short story illustrated by Eisner Award–nominated Liam Sharp

About The Author

China Miéville is the author of King Rat; Perdido Street Station, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award; The Scar, winner of the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award; Iron Council, winner of the Locus Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Looking for Jake, a collection of short stories; and Un Lun Dun, his New York Times bestselling book for younger readers. He lives and works in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

I’ve hesitated to take the plunge into this collection for quite a while. Despite loving Miéville’s novels, I somehow couldn’t imagine his style working as well in short-story format. Well, his Miévilleness has proved me wrong. I'm not going to delve into plot details in these bullet reviews because......more

-Temas y decorados en la órbita de Miéville, pero derivas y subgéneros que no son tan habituales.- Género. Relatos. Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Buscando a Jake y otros relatos (publicación original: Looking for Jake, 2005) es una recopilación que ofrece once relatos, una obra ilustrada y dos novelas c......more

Raccontino alla Miéville. Rapido, gustoso. Nulla di eclatante, comunque. Ha scritto di meglio.......more