Scott Westerfeld
Hardcover | Pages: 440 pages Rating: 3.92 | 82622 Users | 6939 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Leviathan |
| ISBN: | 1416971734 (ISBN13: 9781416971733) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://scottwesterfeld.com/books/leviathan/ |
| Series: | Leviathan #1 |
| Characters: | Deryn Sharp, Prince Aleksander |
| Setting: | Austria London, England |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book (2010), Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Nominee for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2011), Golden Duck Award Nominee for Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) (2011), Ditmar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2010), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman jeunesse étranger (2011) Queensland Premier's |
| Literary Awards: | Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2010), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee (2011), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2011), Aurealis Award for Young Adult Novel (2009), The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2010), Lincoln Award Nominee (2013), Andre Norton Award Nominee (2009), Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction (2009), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2011), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2010), Prix Elbakin.net for Meilleur roman fantasy traduit Jeunesse (2011), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2012) |
Narrative To Books Leviathan (Leviathan #1)
Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battletorn war machine and a loyal crew of men.Deryn Sharp is a commoner, disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.
With World War I brewing, Alek and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way…taking them on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure that will change both their lives forever.
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| Title | : | Leviathan (Leviathan #1) |
| Author | : | Scott Westerfeld |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 440 pages |
| Published | : | October 6th 2009 by Simon Pulse |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Steampunk. Young Adult. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Alternate History |
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Leviathan (Leviathan #1), Scott WesterfeldIt is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, diesel-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.Aleksander Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. HisThis combination fantasy and alternative history of World War 1 was fun and imaginative in many ways, but it came up short for me in its limited depth of characters and plotting and in my troubles suspending disbelief. Only some of such weakness seems attributable to this being childrens literature.The overall premise is that the Allied powers use genetically engineered animals in their military technology while the Central powers use machinesthe "Darwinists" versus the "Clankers". The former
Wow. Really, just...wow. I love alternate histories, and I dote on steampunk, and I am learning just how fertile the YA vineyards are in both these realms. This book is a wonderful tale of an alternate WWI, fought between the Darwinist powers and the Clankers. That is, those whose fighting technology is genetically manipulated animal based, and those whose fighting technology is...well, technology.Darwin's theories of evolution became available to manipulate and modify animals at a much earlier
Alternate title: An Adventure in Which an Aristocratic Young Man Discovers How to Pilot an All-Terrain Walker and that he is Now an Orphan, and a Young Woman Disguises Herself as a Young Man and Joins the Navy to Pilot Flying Octopi and Whales.I rarely read Young Adult, so it is a mark of Westerfelds credit that I didnt abandon ship immediately. I picked it up as a monthly read, mistakenly assuming the group disqualified the genre from nominations. I know what you are thinkingwhy didnt I quit?
"A missing piece can be very bad for the puzzle, whether in the natural world, or politics, or here in the belly of an airship." Initial Final Page Thoughts.Thats what I want to know, Alek. Thats what I want to know. High Points.Deryn. Alek. This world wooow, why doesnt it exist yet?! Huxleys. Darwinists. Clankers. Flying wales. Cow farts. Trinkets&Diddies. Messenger lizards. Science. Nature. Snowshoes. Tazza. Dr Barlow. Frostbitten bums. Odd kind of tingling. The prospect of sequelsLow
I felt that this series was best reviewed as one coherent narrative given the relatively short period of time the books cover, the continuous story that was told, and the similarities between them.The Leviathan series is a fun mix of steampunk, adventure, and historical/alternative history that, for the most part, delivered a satisfying and enjoyable reading experience (even if the end of the series does sink a bit too deeply into some annoying YA qualities). I was able to devour these books at
I really enjoyed Westerfelds Uglies, so I was excited to read this new book, set in an alternate reality. Its the dawn of World War I, and war is about to erupt between two great powers the Clankers (Germany & Austro-Hungary) and the Darwinists (England, France, Russia). The Clankers are technologists with walking tanks (a la Star Wars), zeppelins and airplanes, while the Darwinists have discovered ways to manipulate DNA and create biological hybrids like floating whale ships, lizards that
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