I picked this audiobook out at the library with my dad when I was in grade school and listened to it over and over. Every word of this is burned into my brain. Thank you so much for uploading this! You have no idea what it means to me to hear it again!
Same here about finding it in the library! I eventually bought it again a few years back on cassette. I lost that version but it was nice to own for a bit
I remember renting this from Blockbuster video and listening to it for hours while I played SNES and painted Miniatures in my room. Good times! Thanks for posting it so much!
I had to do a book talk on this book and had a month to do so, but I left it to the last minute. We had a month to read and come up with what we wanted to present and four days before the due date I hadn't read a dozen pages of the book. Reading at home was hard because of all the background noise, so finding this narrorated version really helped, even though this may have been an earlier version of the book than the physical copy I had, due to the cuss words. Nonetheless this helped me out a ton.
It’s a good miniseries from back when also, William Peterson as Whip. I’ll always remember it and the book cover, my son read the book over & over and we loved the miniseries.
"Jaws" was one thing. But "The Beast" was FAR more terrifying. Like others, I bought the cassette back when it first came out, and literally wore it out. Finding it HERE was very happily unexpected. To whomever is behind this, THANK YOU!!
Yea as Richard Ellis pointed out in his book the search for the giant squid- something is inherently more odious about a creature like that than a great white.
@Berzerkerhakijedi Man, I wish I was that young! Try and see if you can find episodes on RUclips. It was a hilarious show, but the only problem was, I could never take David Rasche seriously as an actor. It was played about 1am midweek in the U.K. about 1988.
Out of curiosity, does anyone know for sure how big the adult squid was in the movie? I know in the book, I think it was described as being 180 feet long. But I assume in the movie, it was smaller. Does anyone know how big it was though, if they had to do a best guess?
When Whip and Talley are not allowed to see the squid to examine it, Dr. Talley organizes a submersible expedition to explore the squid's habitat. After analyzing the carcass of the dead squid, the scientists determine it is just a 37 ft (11 m), 2,000 lb (910 kg) baby. The information comes too late, however, and the adult squid, the baby's 66 ft (20 m), 3,000 lb (1.4 t) mother, attacks the submersible, killing everyone on board. This is from Wikipedia. Obviously that's not always the most reliable source, but I remember them talking about the size of the juvenile in the movie and that's pretty accurate so I would say that's a pretty accurate as well
Its been years since I saw the mini series. But I don't recall it being anywhere near 180ft (which is 60 Metres!). From the scenes I recall it was probably about half that. Unless there was a scene with a captured juvenile? Like i say its been a long time.
The baby was around 37 feet long in the miniseries but they never specify how long the mother is, however there's a point in the movie where Mike says to Whip "It would have to be 50-60 feet long"
On my much loved special edition dvd of Disney's " 20k Leagues Under The Sea" was a short doc. about the Humboldt Squid - (diablo rojo) - I'm never going deep sea fishing without depth charges ...
Just realised I've never read Jules Verne's classic....the hunt is on! And I've just remembered when I was about 7 we had a board game 20000 Leagues Under the Sea....complete with Nautilus and diving helmets which one had to remember to put on the divers before they went under ....or else!!
@@anaderol5408 - Thx! I never realized a board game existed. Concerning the book, I recommend taking the time to aquire a complete unabridged edition - (unfortunately, there are a few incomplete or modified editions about). Harper Goff's Nautilus design for the Disney film is, imo, the perfect example for artistic deviation from the book. Cheers! Mobilus -- N -- Mobili 👍! Edit/addendum: Capitan Nemo also appears in Verne's "Mysterious Island" ...
I really enjoyed this audio book my only gripe is that the author doesn't seem to be able to write a good and fitting ending to his stories, I found the end fight with the creature disappointing as I did with his other novel Jaws. The book (Jaws) was an enjoyable read but the ending was extremely weak, it's such a shame as I do enjoy his writing style for the most part.
Have you ever seen the end of the Lord of the rings trilogy? By god J.R.R.Tolkein must have been sick to death of it all by the end....Throw in the ring, Golem goes in after it and the eagles pick them up...Why didnt they fly them in and drop them off?! Weakest ending EVER.
Peter Gabriel? Google helped me...Never seen him as Sledge Hammer...But as the bent copper in numerous films like "an innocent man". Good reading voice.
I have recorded Jaws 2 The Novel. I am not a professional but did my best. The book itself is at least as good if not better than the first and definetely better than the film Jaws 2. ruclips.net/video/r6giT9sP6NA/видео.htmlsi=UXjkIlwUb3vz_rIr
Absolutely, I was trying to read along with the book and it jumped from page 2 to 16 😂 For those who have read the book, is it worth it to read the 350 page book or just listen to this?
I picked this audiobook out at the library with my dad when I was in grade school and listened to it over and over. Every word of this is burned into my brain. Thank you so much for uploading this! You have no idea what it means to me to hear it again!
Same here about finding it in the library! I eventually bought it again a few years back on cassette. I lost that version but it was nice to own for a bit
Same pretty much.
How fun for you. Books are way better than movies.😁👍
That’s lovely
Just finished jaws audio book, and started this one, always listen at bed time, always get a good sleep I reckon
I remember renting this from Blockbuster video and listening to it for hours while I played SNES and painted Miniatures in my room. Good times! Thanks for posting it so much!
An allegory of a wonderful childhood, bother in spirit. 😊
I listened to this hundreds of times as a kid. Wish it was available on audible.
Yeah. Seems they are throwing away free money by not selling it
I had to do a book talk on this book and had a month to do so, but I left it to the last minute. We had a month to read and come up with what we wanted to present and four days before the due date I hadn't read a dozen pages of the book. Reading at home was hard because of all the background noise, so finding this narrorated version really helped, even though this may have been an earlier version of the book than the physical copy I had, due to the cuss words. Nonetheless this helped me out a ton.
Oh haven't listened to this one in years! Thank you for posting it!🤗
Thank you very much for uploading. Wonderful audiobook. And a great narrator, too.
Wow! It’s here just the way it was in my childhood!😍
Excellent story, excellent narration!
Thanks so much!
Fantastic narrator. And amazing book. Thank you! 💙
My mom bought this book for me on vacation. Needed more monster but awesome narration and sound effects!!! Sledgehammer!!!
I was so hoping darling wouldn’t die. I side was relief when they said he would be OK.
I would love the longer version if you have it!
Is this abridged?
yes@@thegreencat9947
@@thegreencat9947 yess sadly ☹
It’s a good miniseries from back when also, William Peterson as Whip. I’ll always remember it and the book cover, my son read the book over & over and we loved the miniseries.
I watched that miniseries over and over as a kid. I taped it off the TV.
I love the way Darling keeps saying 'like bloody hell'....it's so bloody British sounding! 😂
Thoroughly enjoyed this nice no extra stuff read.
Thank you for sharing.
"Jaws" was one thing. But "The Beast" was FAR more terrifying. Like others, I bought the cassette back when it first came out, and literally wore it out.
Finding it HERE was very happily unexpected.
To whomever is behind this, THANK YOU!!
Yea as Richard Ellis pointed out in his book the search for the giant squid- something is inherently more odious about a creature like that than a great white.
Great story, thanks a lot!
1:00:00 book mark.
Simply Fantastic 👏🤓
I loved this!
That was good, more like this one please.... Hi from newzealand ❤😂🎉😊
Enjoyed it
Thank you
Great stuff, thanks!
I swear i listened to this back in the 80s, reminds me of Jaws
Thanks for up loading
Run! It’s Sledge Hammer!!!!
@Berzerkerhakijedi
Uh…….Sledge Hammer was an 80’s cop show spoof.
…..starring David Rasche.
@Berzerkerhakijedi
Man, I wish I was that young! Try and see if you can find episodes on RUclips. It was a hilarious show, but the only problem was, I could never take David Rasche seriously as an actor. It was played about 1am midweek in the U.K. about 1988.
@@zacetto I loved it . I'm glad others haven't forgotten it!
@@jwsuicides8095 Me too. I am showing my age, but it was a hilarious show.
Trust him…he knows what he’s doing…
Addicted to ouzo and boys....
Well. Greek drink and pastime.
That was Great 😊
Out of curiosity, does anyone know for sure how big the adult squid was in the movie? I know in the book, I think it was described as being 180 feet long. But I assume in the movie, it was smaller. Does anyone know how big it was though, if they had to do a best guess?
When Whip and Talley are not allowed to see the squid to examine it, Dr. Talley organizes a submersible expedition to explore the squid's habitat. After analyzing the carcass of the dead squid, the scientists determine it is just a 37 ft (11 m), 2,000 lb (910 kg) baby. The information comes too late, however, and the adult squid, the baby's 66 ft (20 m), 3,000 lb (1.4 t) mother, attacks the submersible, killing everyone on board.
This is from Wikipedia. Obviously that's not always the most reliable source, but I remember them talking about the size of the juvenile in the movie and that's pretty accurate so I would say that's a pretty accurate as well
Hmm. It's been a while since I saw it but my guess is 10-15 meters. Totally over the top of course, just like the shark in Jaws :)
Just watched a TV doc on 'Giants of the Sea'. The biggest giant squid ever recorded was 59 feet long & weighed 1 ton. Mind boggling!!
Its been years since I saw the mini series. But I don't recall it being anywhere near 180ft (which is 60 Metres!). From the scenes I recall it was probably about half that. Unless there was a scene with a captured juvenile? Like i say its been a long time.
The baby was around 37 feet long in the miniseries but they never specify how long the mother is, however there's a point in the movie where Mike says to Whip "It would have to be 50-60 feet long"
Imho this was better in certain respects than the tv movie that came out a few years later.
Ashame the TV movie was a failure
Had the setting off Washington state, thought it would hit theaters instead of TV.
Book and audio book is worth it
On my much loved special edition dvd of Disney's " 20k Leagues Under The Sea" was a short doc. about the Humboldt Squid - (diablo rojo) - I'm never going deep sea fishing without depth charges ...
Just realised I've never read Jules Verne's classic....the hunt is on! And I've just remembered when I was about 7 we had a board game 20000 Leagues Under the Sea....complete with Nautilus and diving helmets which one had to remember to put on the divers before they went under ....or else!!
@@anaderol5408 - Thx! I never realized a board game existed. Concerning the book, I recommend taking the time to aquire a complete unabridged edition - (unfortunately, there are a few incomplete or modified editions about). Harper Goff's Nautilus design for the Disney film is, imo, the perfect example for artistic deviation from the book.
Cheers!
Mobilus
-- N --
Mobili
👍!
Edit/addendum: Capitan Nemo also appears in Verne's "Mysterious Island" ...
Read by Sledge Hammer, my hero! 😊
“….Trust me…..”
Tentacloid!!! - I mean something like `wonderful classics´ with that, in a #Cthulhu myth inspired way, may be. 🤗
Average story but beautifully read
I really enjoyed this audio book my only gripe is that the author doesn't seem to be able to write a good and fitting ending to his stories, I found the end fight with the creature disappointing as I did with his other novel Jaws. The book (Jaws) was an enjoyable read but the ending was extremely weak, it's such a shame as I do enjoy his writing style for the most part.
As if the author was tired and barely able to finish, with nobody in the publishing house trying to fix it? 😉
Have you ever seen the end of the Lord of the rings trilogy? By god J.R.R.Tolkein must have been sick to death of it all by the end....Throw in the ring, Golem goes in after it and the eagles pick them up...Why didnt they fly them in and drop them off?! Weakest ending EVER.
The book ending of Jaws did give us Brody screaming an ejaculation of hopelessness, though.
I wonder when the sequel, Squidpocalypse, will be released.
Squidnado coming to a bargain DVD bin near you soon!
@@RichbUKDEBeast 3 Squidageddon.
Which parts is when the narrator is speaking of the Squid’s P.O.V?
is this the whole audiobook?
This is abridged. I'd say it's probably only half the book, if I had to guess. I think they just kept the action parts.
@@tomsabatino that’s my only complaint with this.
@@tomsabatino what’s strange is there’s an abridged version of Jaws on here that’s really good.
😮👍✌️
Read by Sledge Hammer himself...
Peter Gabriel? Google helped me...Never seen him as Sledge Hammer...But as the bent copper in numerous films like "an innocent man". Good reading voice.
Looks at gun in hand;
“…Whaddya think?
Nods*
“…..yeah, me too!”
I am 33 how old u guys I can't rember this g I missed out
You would like to believe it was the mother whale that lost her offspring to it. 😊
21:21
Great book. Terrible narrator.
Wait really?!? What don’t you like about his narration?
Watch it buddy, you’d better not hear Sledgehammer hear you say that!
I remember reading this as a kid, ewww! lol
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I have recorded Jaws 2 The Novel. I am not a professional but did my best. The book itself is at least as good if not better than the first and definetely better than the film Jaws 2. ruclips.net/video/r6giT9sP6NA/видео.htmlsi=UXjkIlwUb3vz_rIr
Is it just me, or does this seem like a shortened version?
Absolutely, I was trying to read along with the book and it jumped from page 2 to 16 😂 For those who have read the book, is it worth it to read the 350 page book or just listen to this?
@@books-on-a-wirewell that annoys me I wanted to do that too