Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve
Philip Reeveis a British author and illustrator of children's books. He currently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Sam...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 February 1966
moving cities doctors
Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on Doctor Who when I was young, though I may be misremembering.
book way six
I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.
together alive
But we're alive, and together, and we're going to be all right.
heart world way
Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.
life beautiful hero
You aren't a hero and I'm not beautiful and we probably won't live happily ever after " she said. "But we're alive and together and we're going to be all right.
enemy one-thing
The one thing worse than an enemy is a friend turned false.
book stuff retro
I used to be very fascinated by Victorian stuff, and my best-known books, the Mortal Engines series, have a sort of retro, Victorian vibe, despite being set in the far future.
believe clothes color dream edwardian encounter fiction liking nine reading science tends time victorian war work worlds
My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't believe 'The War of the Worlds' or 'The Time Machine' have ever been bettered. Plus, I have always had a liking for Victorian and Edwardian clothes and contraptions, which tends to color the worlds I dream up.
girl boys world
But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.
thinking voice towns
Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well...
eight age teens
I was fascinated by The Lord of the Rings from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.
real stories patterns
That's the trouble with a story spinner. You never know what's real and what's made up. Even when they are telling the truth, they can't stop themselves from spinning it into something better; something prettier, with more of a pattern to it.