Title: The Kraken Wakes

Title: The Kraken Wakes Title Record # 1426
Author: John Wyndham
Date: 1953-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: " Behind a spectacular meteor shower actually hides the beginning of an invasion by a mysterious and powerful alien race. Earth's life is disrupted by the attacks of extraterrestrials whose war machines, emerging from the depths of the oceans, seem indestructible. The coalitioned forces of the whole world are worthless, powerless in the face of the indecipherable and deadly plans of a superior intelligence, capable of bringing the entire planet to the brink of catastrophe" Goodreads May 20, 2022

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Year	Title
1953	Out of the Deeps

Year	Language	Title
1954^ⓘTranslated by Arthur Magnusson	Swedish	Vidundret vaknar
1955^ⓘTranslated by Manuel Bosch Barret	Spanish	Kraken acecha
1958^ⓘTranslated by Huguette Couppie (or Couppié).	French	Le péril vient de la mer^?Le peril vient de la mer
1960^ⓘTranslated by Maksimilijan Mrzljak	Croatian	Neman se budi
1960^ⓘTranslated by C. Buddingh'	Dutch	We kwamen erdoor
1961^ⓘTranslated by Lothar Heinecke	German	Kolonie im Meer?
1967^ⓘTranslated by C. Buddingh'	Dutch	Invasie uit de ruimte
1967^ⓘTranslated by Eurico da Fonseca	Portuguese	Vivos: 20%
1972^ⓘTranslated by Tom Arno	Italian	Il risveglio dell'abisso
1973^ⓘTranslated by Frits Remar	Danish	Invasion fra dybet
1973^ⓘTranslated by Gösta Zetterlund	Swedish	Invasion från djupen^?Invasion fraan djupen
1974^ⓘTranslated by Helge Skolem.	Norwegian (Bokmal)	Invasjon fra dypet
1988^ⓘTranslated by Lothar Heinecke	German	Wenn der Krake erwacht
1990^ⓘTranslated by Захаренков Алексей Леонидович (Zakharenkov Aleksey Leonidovich).	Russian	Кракен пробуждается^?Kraken probuzhdayetsya [as by Джон Уиндэм^?Dzhon Uindem John Wyndham ]
1991^ⓘTranslated by Giorgio Monicelli	Italian	Il risveglio dell'abisso

Year	Language	Title
1954^ⓘTranslated by Tom Arno	Italian	Il risveglio dell'abisso (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Kraken Wakes	1953-00-00	John Wyndham	Michael Joseph		10/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1955-03-00	John Wyndham	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	13	4/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	C. W. Bacon
The Kraken Wakes	1955-08-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	1/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1956-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1958-00-00	John Wyndham	Michael Joseph		12/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1958-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1960-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Denis Piper
The Kraken Wakes	1961-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Denis Piper
The Kraken Wakes	1961-00-00	John Wyndham	Longmans (Longmans' Abridged Books)		5/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	162	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1962-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1963-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Denis Piper
The John Wyndham Omnibus	1964-00-00	John Wyndham	Michael Joseph		25/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Kraken Wakes	1964-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	1075	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Denis Piper
The John Wyndham Omnibus	1965-00-00	John Wyndham	Simon & Schuster		$5.95^?$: US dollar	532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Kraken Wakes	1970-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001705-4	£0.25^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Harry Willock
The Kraken Wakes	1970-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£0.25^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Harry Willock
The Kraken Wakes	1973-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£0.30^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Harry Willock
The Kraken Wakes	1974-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£0.45^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Harry Willock
The Kraken Wakes	1974-05-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£0.30^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Harry Willock
The Kraken Wakes	1975-05-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£0.50^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Harry Willock
The John Wyndham Omnibus	1976-00-00	John Wyndham	Book Club Associates			532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The John Wyndham Omnibus	1979-00-00	John Wyndham	Michael Joseph	0-7181-0209-6	£5.95^?£: UK pound	532	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Kraken Wakes	1979-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£0.95^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Harry Willock
The Day of the Triffids / The Kraken Wakes / The Chrysalids / The Seeds of Time / Trouble with Lichen / The Midwich Cuckoos	1980-05-00	John Wyndham	Octopus / Heinemann	0-905712-46-3	£5.95^?£: UK pound	860	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Kraken Wakes	1982-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£1.50^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Lord
The Kraken Wakes	1983-00-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£1.50^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Lord
The Kraken Wakes	1983-00-00	John Wyndham	Chivers Press	0-85119-223-8	£7.75^?£: UK pound	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	1987-08-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£2.50^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	2000-06-00	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£5.99^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Spencer Wilson
The Kraken Wakes	2008-08-07	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	978-0-14-192088-7	£5.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Brian Cronin
The Kraken Wakes	2008-08-07	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	978-0-14-103299-3	£8.99^?£: UK pound	240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Brian Cronin
The Kraken Wakes	2015-02-14	John Wyndham	CreateSpace	978-1-5084-7951-2	$9.99^?$: US dollar	198	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Kraken Wakes	2022-03-26	John Wyndham	Faded Page	20220364	C$0.00^?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Denis Piper
The Kraken Wakes	2022-04-19	John Wyndham	Modern Library	978-0-593-45010-9	$16.99^?$: US dollar	256	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Anders Nilsen
The Kraken Wakes	2022-04-19	John Wyndham	Modern Library	978-0-593-45011-6	$11.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Anders Nilsen
The Kraken Wakes	date unknown	John Wyndham	Penguin Books	0-14-001075-0	£2.99^?£: UK pound	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Salwowski

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Reviews

Review by The Editors (1954) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1954
Review by Groff Conklin (1954) in Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1954 , reprinted in:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 18 (1954)
Review by The Editors (1954) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1954
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1954) in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1954 , reprinted in:
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1955 (UK) (1955)
Review [French] by
Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
(1958) in Satellite [France], #7
Review [French] by Igor B. Maslowski (1958) in Fiction, #58
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, May 1962
Review by Richard E. Geis (1969) in Science Fiction Review, December 1969
Review [French] by
Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux
[as by Serge-André Bertrand] (1973) in Fiction, #236
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1979) in Paperback Parlour, December 1979
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Graham Sleight (2010) in Locus, #599 December 2010
Review by Alex the Unbeliever (2015) in Holdfast, #5
Review by Jules Burt (2020) in Pulp Apocalypse