num_pages: 303
description: Step into a London ravaged by unearthly creatures at once utterly alien and chillingly familiar. In China Mieville's award-winning novella "The Tain", we learn the reason for the invaders' terrible revenge. One survivor must trek through the ruins of the city with a desperate plan to stand against their assault. In addition to "The Tain", this superb collection contains thirteen short stories, of visionary cityscapes and urban paranoia, ghosts, monsters and impossible diseases. Several of the stories are published here for the first time: these include one set in New Crobuzon, the location of the award-winning series of novels that began with Perdido Street Station; and one in comic-strip form, illustrated by top graphic artist Liam Sharp. This collection displays the sheer imaginative scope of China Mieville's work.
language: English
title: Looking for Jake and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Looking for Jake and Other Stories
characters: Jack Half-a-Prayer
genres: Short Stories, Weird Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, New Weird, Horror, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 5768
places: Bas-Lag
series: New Crobuzon
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Collection, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Macmillan