Looking For Jake

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Looking For Jake is China Miéville's first collection of short fiction. It was first published by Del Ray Books in 2005, and later by Macmillan.

[edit] Stories collected

• "Looking For Jake"
• "Foundation"
• "The Ball Room" (co-authored with Emma Bircham and Max Schaefer)
• "Reports Of Certain Events In London"
• "Familiar"
• "Entry Taken From A Medical Encyclopaedia"
• "Details"
• "Go Between"
• "Different Skies"
• "An End To Hunger"
• "'Tis The Season"
• "Jack"
• "On The Way To The Front" (illustrated by Liam Sharp)
• The Tain (novella)

"On The Way To The Front", "The Ball Room", "Go Between" and "Jack" are original to the collection.

[edit] Adaptations

In October 2006, the story Details was reported to have been turned into a script by Dan Kay and picked up by studio Paramount Vantage.[1] The script was said upon the original story's exploration of pareidolia and rework the plot to feature a father and daughter. As of July 2008, no further details have been announced.