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The Kraken Wakes

John Wyndham

First published 1953
Type Novel

" 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

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1953 Cover Out of the Deeps Ballantine Books Novel 1
July 1953 Cover The Kraken Wakes Michael Joseph Novel
November 1953 Cover Out of the Deeps Ballantine Books Novel 1
1954 Cover Vidundret vaknar Eklund Novel
February 1954 Cover I Romanzi di Urania #35 Mondadori MAGAZINE 3
1955 Kraken acecha E.D.H.A.S.A. Novel 9
March 1955 Cover The Kraken Wakes The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Novel
August 1955 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1956 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1958 The Kraken Wakes Michael Joseph Novel
1958 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
May 1958 Cover Le péril vient de la mer Gallimard Novel 9
1960 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1960 Cover We kwamen erdoor J. van Tuyl Novel
1960 Cover We kwamen erdoor J. van Tuyl Novel
1960 Cover Neman se budi Epoha Novel 5
1961 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1961 The Kraken Wakes Longmans Novel
May 1961 Cover Kolonie im Meer? Goldmann Novel
May 1961 Cover Kolonie im Meer? Goldmann Novel
November 1961 Cover Out of the Deeps Ballantine Books Novel
1962 The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
October 1962 Cover Kolonie im Meer? Goldmann Novel
1963 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel 7
May 1963 Cover I Capolavori di Urania #307bis Mondadori MAGAZINE 3
1964 The John Wyndham Omnibus Michael Joseph Omnibus
1964 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1964 Kraken acecha E.D.H.A.S.A. Novel
1965 The John Wyndham Omnibus Simon & Schuster Omnibus
April 1965 Cover Out of the Deeps Ballantine Bal-Hi Novel
1966 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1967 Cover Vivos: 20% Livros do Brasil Novel
1967 Cover Invasie uit de ruimte Het Spectrum Novel
November 1967 Cover Stories That Scared Even Me Random House Anthology 309
1968 Cover Invasie uit de ruimte Het Spectrum Novel
1969 Cover Invasie uit de ruimte Het Spectrum Novel
June 1969 Cover Out of the Deeps Ballantine Books Novel 1
1970 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1970 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
February 1971 Cover Slay Ride Dell Anthology 85
June 1972 Cover Millemondi 1972: Tre romanzi completi di John Wyndham Mondadori Omnibus 5
1973 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel 7
1973 Cover Invasion från djupen B. Wahlström Novel
1973 Cover Invasion fra dybet Winther Novel
March 1973 Cover Out of the Deeps Ballantine Books Novel
April 1973 Cover Le péril vient de la mer Denoël Novel
April 1973 Cover Le péril vient de la mer Denoël Novel
1974 Cover Vidundret vaknar Delta (Stockholm) Novel
1974 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel 7
1974 Cover Invasjon fra dypet Fredhøis Forlag A/S Novel
May 1974 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
May 1975 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1976 Cover The John Wyndham Omnibus Book Club Associates Omnibus 199
1976 Cover Invasie uit de ruimte Het Spectrum Novel
December 1977 Cover Out of the Deeps Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
December 1977 Cover Slay Ride Dell Anthology 85
December 1978 Cover Il risveglio dell'abisso Mondadori Novel
1979 The John Wyndham Omnibus Michael Joseph Omnibus
1979 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1980 Cover Invasion från djupen B. Wahlström Novel
May 1980 Cover The Day of the Triffids / The Kraken Wakes / The Chrysalids / The Seeds of Time / Trouble with Lichen / The Midwich Cuckoos Octopus / Heinemann Omnibus
1982 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1983 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel 7
1983 The Kraken Wakes Chivers Press Novel
November 1984 Cover Le péril vient de la mer Denoël Novel
August 1987 The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
1988 Cover Wenn der Krake erwacht Suhrkamp Novel
1990 Cover Горы судьбы / Львы Эльдорадо / Космические инженеры / Кракен пробуждается / Одного поля ягоды Авотс / Полярис Omnibus 369
1991 Cover Brüder unter fremder Sonne / Wenn der Krake erwacht Das Beste Omnibus 157
June 1991 Cover Il risveglio dell'abisso TEADUE Novel
1998 The Kraken Wakes Chivers Press Novel
June 2000 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
2008 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
August 2008 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
August 2008 Cover The Kraken Wakes Penguin Books Novel
September 2008 Cover Invasie uit de ruimte Het Spectrum Novel
February 2015 Cover The Kraken Wakes CreateSpace Novel
March 2022 Cover The Kraken Wakes Faded Page Novel
April 2022 Cover The Kraken Wakes Audible Studios Novel
April 2022 Cover The Kraken Wakes Modern Library Novel |2
April 2022 Cover The Kraken Wakes Modern Library Novel