The Kraken Wakes
by John Wyndham
Taste attributes: science fictiondisasterthrillerdramaunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentary
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and wide-ranging: a morally murky science-fiction novel, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.5 / 5
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About This Book
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.
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- Author
- John Wyndham
- Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 240
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