The Kraken Wakes

Science Fiction by John Wyndham

Blurb

The Kraken Wakes is an apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham, originally published by Michael Joseph in the United Kingdom in 1953, and first published in the United States in the same year by Ballantine Books under the title Out of the Deeps as a mass market paperback. The title is a reference to Alfred Tennyson's sonnet The Kraken. The eponymous kraken is a sea monster from Scandinavian folklore.

First Published

1953

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