Cetus Insolitus: Sea Serpents, Giant Cephalopods, and Other Marine Monsters in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Chad Arment, editor
ISBN 1-930585-66-7
Retail $14.95 (USD)
391 pp. / Paperback
Sea Monsters in Sci-Fi/Fantasy
26 stories for cryptozoology fans, and those interested in the origins of the marine monster theme in classic science fiction and fantasy.
Stories range from the classic sea serpent (published in the mid-1800s, during the ongoing debate over whether sea serpents existed), to giant cephalopods, invisible octopuses, intelligent (and deadly) fish, and more.
Some tales are played for humor, others are straight horror or adventure stories. Several stories come from early newspapers, a common early publishing venue for short strange fiction.
Jim Newman’s Yarn: Or, A Sight of the Sea Serpent (1886), John C. Hutcheson
A Real Sea-Serpent (1889), Anonymous
A Matter of Fact (1892), Rudyard Kipling
The Rival Beauties (1894), W. W. Jacobs
The Sea Raiders (1896), H. G. Wells
In the Abyss (1896), H. G. Wells
The Last Stand of the Decapods (1901), Frank T. Bullen
The Voyage of the “Mary Simpson” (1902), Arthur Colton
Out of the Deep (1904), Owen Oliver
The Sea Serpent Syndicate (1905), Everard Jack Appleton
A Tropical Horror (1905), William Hope Hodgson
From the Tideless Sea (1906), William Hope Hodgson
The Terror of the Sea Caves (1907), Charles G. D. Roberts
The Mystery of the Derelict (1907), William Hope Hodgson
Winkler Ashore: The Sea-Serpent (1907), Gouverneur Morris
Crew Saved by Sea Serpent (1910), Anonymous
The Thing in the Weeds (1912), William Hope Hodgson
The Finding of the Graiken (1913), William Hope Hodgson
From the Darkness and the Depths (1913), Morgan Robertson
The Stone Ship (1914), William Hope Hodgson
De Profundis (1917), H. de Vere Stacpoole
Demons of the Sea (posthumous), William Hope Hodgson
The Habitants of Middle Islet (posthumous), William Hope Hodgson
The Finless Death (1921), Robert Ernest Vernède
The Octopus Cycle (1928), I. Lester and F. Pratt
Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Cryptofiction)
Beyond the Great South Wall | Time Travel Stories | Killer Plant Stories | Sign of the Spider | Egyptian SciFi/Fantasy | PYM |
Christian Supernatural Stories | The Troll-Hunt | George MacDonald I | George MacDonald II | George MacDonald III |
Insects & Spider Stories | Sea Monster Fiction | Legend of Croquemitaine | Queen of Atlantis & Devil-Tree of El Dorado |
Jewel of Seven Stars & The Beetle | Lewis Carroll | Poe After Dark | Robert W. Chambers I | Robert W. Chambers II |
Sauria Monstra | Chesterton I | Chesterton II | Chesterton III | William Hope Hodgson | Darby O'Gill | John Silence |