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The Kraken Wakes
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Journalist Mike Watson and his wife, Phyllis, trace it back to the strange showering lights they noticed on the final day of their honeymoon cruise; lights which appeared to land and disappear into the water. Reports mount of similar sightings all over the world. Governments embark on missions to investigate the sea, but ships disappear and diving crews never return to the surface. Something deep in the ocean does not want to be disturbed.
The Kraken Wakes is a tale of humanity’s efforts to resist alien invasion, narrated by Mike who unfolds the story as experienced by the couple - from the earliest signs of trouble, to the conflict between the sea-dwelling creatures and the human world. John Wyndham’s classic science-fiction masterpiece is powerfully brought to life in this unabridged production. His other titles - The Midwich Cuckoos and The Day Of the Triffids - are also published as audiobooks by CSA Word.
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- Graybo
- 30-12-20
good but lose the .music
A good war of the worlds tale. a classic of british SF.
the performance is good. british accents were not great but didn't detract for me.
musical intermissions were odd. not a big deal but the experience would be better without them.
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- LPJ
- 28-05-18
Clay feet
I have read all of John Wyndham's books several decades ago and loved every one of them. He was one of my Sci-Fi gods but listening to this one after all these years has been a great disappointment. The story is as captivating as I remember but the narrator (rightly so) brings the journalist couple more to life than I recall or perhaps took note of in the mind's eye of my younger self.
The pomposity and self indulgent, classist attitude of the story telling characters was just too irritating. The superior attitudes and their classist lifestyle spoilt the whole memory for me.
I think I'll leave the other Wyndham books to live in my enthralled memory and not be tempted to have the good story idea's spoiled by irritating characters.
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- Zeus22
- 12-07-18
fabulous
fabulous production of this far to little known gem of 20th century literature. well worth a download
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- Dan Stepnens
- 11-02-18
Very of its time
Not too bad - but very of its time (cartoonishly bad Communists, radio being the 'real' news, weird BBC bashing and defending Corporate Media etc). I like the "modern" take on the classic War of the World's trope - but the resolution is even more of a stretch (not in a good way) than the death of the Martians. I found it a little annoying as Wyndham had set up "Chekhov's Germ" previously.
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- Vicki
- 17-01-21
Remarkably fresh after nearly 70 years
Hearing this (familiar to me... I have read it before) tale of global catastrophe with its perceptive anticipation of poor response, fake news, social meltdown... is quite disturbing in these times. But I think that makes it even better. And the narration is excellent too.
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- Joseph Sniadek
- 04-03-22
Great story
Good story though perhaps a little dated now.
Only thing I really didn’t like was the inclusion of music at various intervals for no reason whatsoever, certainly nothing to do with the story line
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- AReader
- 26-05-22
A good listen
Good story, slightly dated of course. Well read. As someone said, it would be better with the music edited out.. It must have been broadcast in episodes once.
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- TheDon
- 03-10-22
published in the 50s relevant today
I remember loving Day of the Triffids and Midwich Cuckoo's but hadn't read Kraken.
Some of the dialogue is quite dated, but the story telling is excellent. Good characters, fantastic story, great narration - and themes still relevant today (profit before caution, Russian tension, climate change).
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- nogginthenog
- 07-04-13
Another Wyndham classic
Another Wyndham classic - once more it is alien invasion, this time emerging from beneath the waves. As always, he considers ethical and moral aspects as well as simply writing a cracking good yard: this audio version is well read, and the brief musical interludes between each section are an absolutely perfect accompaniment.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-10-20
Alex Jennings makes a great story even greater.
Love everything by John Wyndham and read his stuff many times. The narration here was a real surprise. at some points you almost wouldn't believe it's the same person,.so skilful at changing his intonation and accent.
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