Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin', Keep Those Cities Rollin'...After the Ancients (that's us present-day folk—man, we feel old) blow themselves up in the Sixty Minute War, nuclear catastrophe unlike anythi...
Genre
Let's see—futuristic setting, new-fangled technology, and the dangers of messing around with science you don't understand? Yep, this is sci-fi. But wait just a second. Everything seems awfully......
What's Up With the Title?
While the great traction city of London might not be alive in the same way a human is alive, it is a living entity. Just as cities today seem to live, grow, breathe, and die, so does London-on-whee...
What's Up With the Ending?
At the end of Mortal Engines, Katherine & Bevis and Tom & Hester live happily ever after while all of London thrives and all the roaming cities live in peace and harmony.Just kidding.Kather...
Tough-o-Meter
It's a good thing we rank Mortal Engines at Sea Level, since the giant traction cities trundling over the countryside can't operate on rougher terrain than that. Once you can wrap your head around...