King Rat (1998 novel)
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Author | China Miéville |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Saint Martin's Press |
Released | 31 December 1998 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 318 pp (hardback edition) & 416 pp (paperback edition) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-312-89073-7 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-330-37098-7 (paperback edition) |
King Rat is the 1998 debut novel by China Miéville.
[edit] Plot introduction
It is a dark urban fantasy set in London and interweaving the phenomenon of the rat king and the myth of The Pied Piper of Hamelin against an aesthetic of drum'n'bass jungle music.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
In 2003, Linkin Park DJ and Director Joseph Hahn was granted the exclusive rights to produce a film based on the novel. After writing began in mid-2004, not much is now known about the production of the title.
[edit] External links
- King Rat publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Revelations - The Official Clive Barker Resource Read a snippet of Clive's introduction to King Rat.
Novels of China Miéville |
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King Rat (1998) | Perdido Street Station (2000) | The Scar (2002) |
Iron Council (2004) | Un Lun Dun (2007) |
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Looking for Jake (2005) |
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