John Wyndham

The Kraken Wakes

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.

This reads like a news report 80% of the time that reading it is such a chore /sigh. Yang menarik, our main married journalist couple's so so cute, ada pirate chase di Indo, dan penasaran nunggu krakennya keluar. I feel like Wyndham's trying hard to build up the suspense, but it just couldn't work this time, not in this concept, style and tone. It's kind of boring honestly.

'Ingenious, horrifying' - Guardian 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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Dani

I was about to write a simple review but it would be full of repeated statements by other users, I found a review by User ‘Apatt’ which I agree with 100%
So that’s it, another nice old timey sci-fi story.

The Kraken Wakes

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