Out of the Deeps [Mass Market Paperback]

John Wyndham (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (November 12, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034527217X
• ISBN-13: 978-0345272171
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,487,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wyndham at his best, February 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Out of the Deeps (Mass Market Paperback)

I can't understand why John Wyndham's works are not more popular. This book is a perfect example of great sci-fi; interesting ideas, elegantly written, and compulsively readable. There is a sense of wonder here that is absent from most contemporary work. Wyndham's aliens are unfathomable and implacable, and the scenes of a drowned London are unforgettable. Highly recommended. I wish there were authors around still capable of writing books like this, but clearly there aren't.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic in the post-apocalypse genre, December 5, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Out of the Deeps (Mass Market Paperback)

"Out of the Deeps" by John Wyndham (pseud. for John Beynon Harris) is more than a rattling good yarn. Like all his best works ("Day of the Triffids," "The Chrysalids," "The Midwich Cuckoos"), it posits an intelligent species with needs and aims unimaginably different from our own. The species mounts an attack, and the heroes and heroines somehow survive it, fight back, and win. (In "Chrysalids," the good guys are members of the new species.) If, like me, you're a feminist, try not to be put off by Wyndham's unblushing belief that women are their biology. His innovative thinking and anti-war beliefs, along with his impressive scorn of social institutions, are too good to miss, and he tells a compelling story.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Out of the Deeps (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this story in a collection of 3 John Wyndham novels in my local library. In this volume, the novel is entitled "The Kraken Awakes". It is an excellent, gripping science fiction story of an alien invasion that is written in a style that makes it utterly believable. I became so involved in the tale that it took me awhile to collect myself and return to reality each time I put the book down. Absolutely chilling.