OMG! China Mieville Brings The SQUIDPOCALYPSE!!!!

Kitty Pryde · Dec 22, 2009

China Mieville's new book is called Kraken. It cannot come out soon enough!

The Natural History Museum's prize exhibit - a giant squid - suddenly disappears. This audacious theft leads Clem, the research scientist who has recently finished preserving the exhibit, into a dark urban underworld of warring cults and surreal magic. It seems that for some, the squid represents a god and should be worshiped as such. Clem gradually comes to realise that someone may be attempting to use the squid to trigger an apocalypse.

ZOMG! Want! Anybody have any other good squid spec fic to tide me over until the spring? Oh, if only the squidpunk anthology was real! The "Gateway" novel series has giant lavender space squid, which is neat. But I want MOAR!

eyeblink · Dec 22, 2009

There's a short story called "Sheena 5" by Stephen Baxter, which I read a few years back in a Year's Best - the Hartwell & Cramer one, IIRC. It involves squid being adapted for space travel.

Sevvy · Dec 22, 2009

All hail Cthulhu and his squidy face!

Calla Lily · Dec 22, 2009

Brian Keene's The Conqueror Worms.

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

Judg · Dec 22, 2009

Edward Willett's Lost in Translation has an important character who is partially squid-like. The image of him turning up at an orphanage on Earth in his aquarium suit to claim a psychic orphan is quite amusing. Everybody involved was very uncomfortable, but for different reasons.

JoNightshade · Dec 22, 2009

I love China Mieville. I will be eagerly waiting for this one to come out. Although I am sure my husband will remind me fifty times before then as well.

painkillers · Dec 22, 2009

there was a story, don't remember the name, where a woman was given squid neurons to solve her brain damage, and could communicate with squids afterwards. Lovely image of her in the sea with squid changing colour all around her.

sheena 5 was also part of baxter's phase space series -- though damned if i can remmebre which one (Space...I think).

Kitty Pryde · Dec 22, 2009

painkillers said:
there was a story, don't remember the name, where a woman was given squid neurons to solve her brain damage, and could communicate with squids afterwards. Lovely image of her in the sea with squid changing colour all around her.
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ooOOooOOooOO!

painkillers · Dec 22, 2009

Kitty Pryde said:
ooOOooOOooOO!

I think it was a female writer, but that is about all i can remember about it. Would have been at least 10 years ago, though.

S.J. · Dec 28, 2009

Want want want!

I just watched a David Attenborough documentary that made me realise how utterly TERRIFYING squids can be, so this is awesome!

painkillers · Dec 28, 2009

I have tried to find that short story in my small collection of anthologies. No luck. And i looked on line. No luck. I'm a bit hampered by not remembering the name or author. :Shrug:

sorry

MattW · Dec 28, 2009

There is only one thing I have to say about a squid story:

IT'S A TRAP!

OMG! China Mieville Brings The SQUIDPOCALYPSE!!!!

Kitty Pryde

i luv you giant bear statue

eyeblink

Barbara says hi

Sevvy

Spec Fic Writer

Calla Lily

On hiatus

Judg

DISENCHANTED coming soon

JoNightshade

has finally arrived

painkillers

Learning by doing

Kitty Pryde

i luv you giant bear statue

painkillers

Learning by doing

S.J.

Addict? I can quit whenever I want!

painkillers

Learning by doing

MattW

Company Man