Book description
Winner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Kraken is a darkly comic, wildly absurd adventure by author of Perdido Street Station, China Mieville.
Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Kraken as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Release the Kraken! While the tentacles might be more subtle on newer editions of this fine book, the title alone is enough to get it added to my list. This is a classic and the twists and turns in it are stupendous. What hooked me from the beginning was the characters and the story arc, although the plot, setting, and everything else make this a book you cannot miss. A must-read.
From Armand's list on tentacled horror.
The weirdly wonderful writing of China Miéville is showcased in this fabulously imaginative, sometimes horror and sometimes laugh-out-loud adventure centered on the lore of the giant kraken.
Miéville’s imagination is like Technicolor suddenly blooming on a black and white television, and for readers who enjoy New Weird, this urban fantasy set in a London beset with magic on all sides is a wild and fun ride.
It was for me, at least, and is my favorite of Miéville’s books so far.
From L. D.'s list on mythology and folklore in modern fiction.
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