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'''''Larklight''''' is [[Mortal Engines|Philip Reeve]]'s ''other'' series, and waaay on the other end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]. A [[Steampunk]] Space Opera, it consists of three books, all told from the point of view of Art Mumby and his sister Myrtle:
''Larklight'' is the series-naming first book, introducing us to the world, where the British Empire stretches out across the solar system, and its inhabitants, including Art and his family, the unpleasant [[Giant Spider|First Ones]], and [[Space Pirates|Captain Jack Havock and his crew]].
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''Starcross'', the second book, involves [[Time Travel]], a French radical, some goblins who want to knit a cover for an asteroid, and a race of [[Nice Hat|nice hats]].
''Mothstorm'', book three: a mysterious discovery on the edge of the solar system brings Art and co. to <s>Uranus</s> [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)|Georgium Sidus]], and a [[Chekhov's Gun]] loaded in the first book finally goes off.
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* [[Action Dress Rip]]: Ulla does this when escaping Mr. Webster's mooks. Myrtle is horrified.
* [[All Planets Are Earthlike]]: They all have atmospheres that humans can breathe, at least.
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* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]: Subverted - Nipper's pretty friendly.
* [[Giant Spider]]: The First Ones
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]: Ulla, Ssilissa to a lesser extinct.
* [[Instrument of Murder]]: The Snilth use blowpipes shaped like bagpipes.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Averted with Jack and Ssilissa; it was one-sided to begin with, and apart from Jack's [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|clear interest in Myrtle]] the impracticality of this is one of the reasons Ssil gives up on the idea. Played straight with Art and Myrtle's parents, although apparently their mother's biological body is entirely human {{spoiler|at least until the Mothmaker destroys it.}} However, Captain Moonfield does get married to a Snilth at the end of book three, so there is that.
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* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]: Specifically averted - Ssilissa, a reptilian alien, doesn't have them.
* [[Proud Warrior Race]]: The Snilth. Justified, as the Shaper who created them wanted wars between her creations.
* [[Queen
* [[The Reptilians]]: The Ssilissa and the Snilth, kinda.
* [[Secret Project Refugee Family]]: Jack, Nipper, Ssilissa, Squidley and Yarg all escaped from the Royal Xenological Institute.
* [[Shout
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Art's opinion of Myrtle and Jack.
* [[Single-Minded Twins]]: Squidley and Yarg, the Tentacle Twins.
* [[Sssssnaketalk]]: Every one of the Snilth, who have names like Zssthss and Alsssor.
** Lampshaded, where two characters agree that Zssthss sounds more like a gas leak than a name.
* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]
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[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]]
▲[[Category:Larklight]]
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