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  2. Kraken (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Kraken is a 2010 fantasy novel by British author China Miéville.It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in the US by Del Rey Books.Handed in at the same time as The City & the City, it was chosen to be published at a later date to give the former breathing room.

  3. Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep - Wikipedia

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    [9] DVD Talk's Scott Weinberg considered it "one of the silliest monster movies I've ever seen" and compared it to a Lifetime Television film "with a few gory bits". [10] Calling it a "ungainly, cheap-looking, and frankly boring flick", he dismissed the unrealistic special effects, "photogenic automaton" cast, and the script as a "clumsy mish ...

  4. The Kraken Wakes - Wikipedia

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    The novel describes the course of an attack on humanity by creatures from the ocean depths, as told through the eyes of two characters: Mike Watson, a journalist for the English Broadcasting Company (EBC) with his wife and colleague Phyllis; and Professor Alastair Bocker, who is more clear-minded and far-sighted about the developing crisis than everybody else but who often alienates people by ...

  5. Kraken in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In the children's book Monster Mission (also known as Island of the Aunts) by Eva Ibbotson, the Kraken is a force for good who has the ability to clean and heal the oceans. [ 27 ] Kraken appear in Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox as enormous, peaceful creatures that stay in the same spot for centuries feeding on algae , doubling as islands.

  6. Quick Reads Initiative - Wikipedia

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    With no more than 200 pages, they are designed to encourage adults who do not read often or find reading difficult to discover the joy of books. Quick Reads are a collaboration among publishers, supermarkets, bookshops, libraries, government departments, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education ( NIACE ), Arts Council England , the ...

  7. List of novels by Douglas Preston - Wikipedia

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    The book was published on May 13, 2014, by Forge Books. It is the fourth installment in the Wyman Ford series. A research team at NASA is working on an Artificial intelligence system to pilot a spacecraft to Titan, Saturn's largest moon, since the journey is far too long and too dangerous for a human crew. The AI is named Dorothy by its ...

  8. Wikipedia:Books/archive/All pages - Wikipedia

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    For details of how to restore a book after deletion, see: Wikipedia:Books/archive This is a list of all subpages of Wikipedia:Books/archive on 5 July 2021. This is a almost complete list of books that were located in the book namespace, however a few may be missing as a result of moves.

  9. List of adaptations of works by Stephen King - Wikipedia

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    Tales from the Darkside: The Movie: John Harrison: Based on the short story "The Cat from Hell", the rest is original work for the film. Paramount Pictures 46% [10] Graveyard Shift: Ralph S. Singleton Based on the short story of the same name. Paramount Pictures Columbia Pictures 0% [11] Misery: Rob Reiner Based on the novel of the same name ...