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Kraken Wakes
Kraken Wakes | John Wyndham
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It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later sea tanks emerged from the deeps to claim people . . . For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless, they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water one of the compounds upon which life depends is turned against them. Finally, sea levels begin their inexorable rise . . . The Kraken Wakes is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we are prepared to do in order to survive."
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Cazxxx
Cazxxx
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Weekend reading 🎧

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readingjedi
readingjedi
The Kraken Wakes | John Wyndham
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Fun installation in Hull right now. #hull #yorkshire

AmyG That‘s great! 3y
Cathythoughts Fun !! Absolutely 🎉 3y
JaneyWaneyB Wow that's brilliant 🐙 3y
CarolynM Love it😂 3y
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rwmg
rwmg
The Kraken Wakes | John Wyndham
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Fireballs from space land in the seas and something in the very deep parts begins to stir.

Slow motion apocalypse without graphic violence, but still rather unsettling. Deservedly not one of his more famous books but it does have something to offer with contemporary resonances in the 3rd and last part but to say any more would be a spoiler.

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BestDogDad
BestDogDad
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This is another of John Wyndham's "soft apocalypse" stories - there is a global catastrophe without the gore, massive explosions, or gallons of blood spilling; the disaster just slowly happens. It‘s told as a memoir by journalist Mike Watson who, along with his wife and fellow journalist, Phyllis, witnesses the initial phenomenon which kickstarts the apocalypse and then recount their experiences to the conclusion. I just love Wyndham‘s books.

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BestDogDad
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This one just isn‘t grabbing me like his other novels did. Pictured here with poor Keenan has to watch squirrels through the window because he can‘t last long outside in the frigid weather.

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#RRSciFiMonth Day 21: first contact
...funny how few first contact stories are amicable with happy endings, isn‘t it?

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Emilymdxn
Emilymdxn
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Mehso-so

I loved the first half, so tense and atmospheric, felt like it was slowly building to something very original with really good characters. Once the sea tanks arrived I found it on the nose and silly, and I didn‘t enjoy reading about environmental catastrophe in the current climate at all. Phyllis was wonderful, and I adored how grounded the central relationship was, but I didn‘t feel that engaged with the war and politics, or the creatures.

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Emilymdxn
Emilymdxn
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I‘ve loved other classic sci fi but never tried John Wyndham before - hoping I‘ll like it

Aimeesue I haven't read this one, but Wyndham's other books are fun, and surprisingly literary. There were a lot of literary references in The Day of the Triffids! 6y
rwmg It's on my wishlist. I re-read The Day of the Triffids recently and it's held up well. The Midwich Cuckoos really put the frighteners on me when I was about 12 and I am trying to nerve myself to re-read it. 6y
Emilymdxn @Aimeesue @rwmg I‘m really enjoying it so far! Nice combination of thrilling and weighty, feels like a ‘proper novel‘ but also a fun one. Very spooky, I can see why people call his books scary. It‘s so atmospheric 6y
Ye_Mighty_Andy_Spare If you like it, try Web. Group of people try to create a utopia on a Pacific island away from society, but they didn't figure on the spiders. Lots of philosophising about humanity and society. And some spiders. And some more spiders. And a few more spiders. Did I mention there were spiders? Oh, and they're mutant spiders because of nuclear testing
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Opening line: "I'm a reliable witness, you're a reliable witness, practically all God's children are reliable witnesses in their own estimation - which makes it funny how such different ideas of the same affair get about." #thekrakenwakes #johnwyndham #penguinbooks #penguinclassics #bookcover #firstline #bookgnome #bookish #book

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