The Half-Made World
core novel 2010 The Half-Made World
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.76 (4,084 ratings, collected 2026-11-03) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765325525 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
At the western edge of the world, where land is still unfinished and time and space behave oddly, two powers fight a war with no end. The Line worships machines and builds railways and factories; the Gun glorifies violence and works through agents bound to demonic weapons. Colonists push west, displacing the magic-using Hillfolk. Liv Alverhuysen, a psychologist, treats people broken by the Line's noise weapons and tries to stay out of the fighting. Then a Gun agent kidnaps her and her patient, a General whose damaged mind holds a secret that could threaten the gods of both factions. With Line forces in pursuit, they flee into the unfinished lands beyond the frontier.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Half-Made World
- Series: The Half-Made World core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Felix Gilman
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2011: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (The Half-Made World): Two novels set at the unfinished western edge of a world divided between the machine-worshipping Line and the violent Gun.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Half-Made World: position 1 of 2: next The Rise of Ransom City (2012)
Sources
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