Changing of titles in translation

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> Geoff:

> I'd forgotten the title change in the film.

> 

> I would recommend "The Kraken Wakes" to you. It's marvellously 

> creepy in places for its time.



> Magpie:

> I'll keep an eye out for it! I came across The Midwich Cuckoos at a
used book store where they have really > cheap books out front.


Mary here:
Magpie, if you are looking for the book in the US, be careful about which version you buy. Some copies of Wyndham's book say "The Kraken Wakes" and are the original UK version. Others say something like "Out of the Deeps, published in the UK as When the Kraken Wakes." There are two versions of the basic story. I ended up with both versions and they are quite different. 

I am quite the Wyndham fan and frequently reread my favorite ones, including Chocky, The Trouble with Lichen, Day of the Triffids, Re-Birth...

Kraken/Deeps was the only book I found with major changes between UK/US versions but there may be more.

---Mary



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