Looking for Jake

Looking for Jake

Infobox Book |
name = Looking for Jake
title_orig =
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image_caption = "Looking for Jake" (UK edition cover)
author = China Miéville
illustrator = Liam Sharp (one story)
cover_artist = Irina Porter
country =
language = English
series =
genre = Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
publisher = Del Rey Books
release_date = 2005
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 320 pp
isbn = ISBN 0345476077 (first edition)
preceded_by = Iron Council
followed_by = Un Lun Dun

"Looking for Jake" is a collection of science fiction, horror and fantasy stories by British author China Miéville. It was first published by Del Rey Books, part of Random House, in 2005, and later by Pan MacMillan.

tories

The book contains fourteen short stories written between 1998 and 2005. One of them, "On The Way To The Front", is an illustrated, comic book-esque tale, while the other thirteen are standard written stories. All of the stories are set in London, with the exceptions of "Jack", set in Miéville's created world Bas-Lag, and "Foundation", the setting of which is not specified (but could be the United States). The longest story is the 2002 novella "The Tain". The stories are as follows:

Adaptations

In 2006 it was announced that the story "Details" was turned into a script by Dan Kay, and subsequently picked up by studio Paramount Vantage. [http://www.indiewire.com/buzz/061001.html#005349] The script was said to expand upon the original story's exploration of pareidolia and rework the plot to feature a father and daughter. As of September 2008 no further information has surfaced regarding the project.

External links

* [http://www.sffworld.com/brevoff/206.html Review of Looking for Jake] at [http://www.sffworld.com SFFWorld.com]
* [http://vectoreditors.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/looking-for-jake/ Review of Looking for Jake] from the Readercon 17 Souvenir Book.
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/ Del Rey Online]


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