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Giant Land Octopus
Yes its as preposterous as it sounds!
When there's no more food in the ocean, it will feed on land!
15 years after a baby octopus is flushed down a toilet it suddenly returns to wreck havoc on a small Texas community. Only a disgraced scientist, a nerd, and a small town sheriff stand between the Land Octopus and the end of the world! Okay maybe just the end of the small Texas town, but you get the idea.
When there's no more food in the ocean, it will feed on land!
15 years after a baby octopus is flushed down a toilet it suddenly returns to wreck havoc on a small Texas community. Only a disgraced scientist, a nerd, and a small town sheriff stand between the Land Octopus and the end of the world! Okay maybe just the end of the small Texas town, but you get the idea.
64 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 30, 2014
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George L. Cook III
34 books46 followersGeorge Cook, struggling author of The Dead War Series, board of education member, zombie and sports lover. Contact me at georgelcookiii@gmail.com
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April 23, 2016
Just like it says on the tin! Inspired by SyFy Saturday night specials, and man is it obvious. Entertainingly silly. Would have gotten four stars if only an editor or a beta reader had given it a good polish.
September 4, 2014
This is a silly, silly story that nonetheless entertained me and made me giggle.
I am not going to explain the plot to you, the book is far too short for me to sum it up.
It is however almost a satire the way it pokes fun at all the industry standards for such a story.
It really is a fun fast read.
So get a copy.
WaAr
I am not going to explain the plot to you, the book is far too short for me to sum it up.
It is however almost a satire the way it pokes fun at all the industry standards for such a story.
It really is a fun fast read.
So get a copy.
WaAr
March 9, 2015
Giant Land Octopus by George L. Cook III begins in 1999 when a bunch of octopi fall off the back of a truck. A pet shop owner claims them for himself after he finds that the real owner doesn't want them. Unfortunately they've been mutated by scientists and the outcome is not good. A ten year old boy, John, is looking for a new pet. Thinking it's just a normal Caribbean Pygmy Octopus, he buys it from the pet shop, takes it home and calls it Neptune. Fifteen years later, we find it wrecking Lolo, the fictional town in Texas.
It was a good idea in theory, an octopus that can survive out of water and it eats people and stuff. However, I don't think that the story has been well executed at all. The author has decided that it's primarily meant to be a silly story. Even for a parody it's excessively silly. The humour isn't funny to me; they're just "jokes" taken right from other media and stuck in this book without a real understanding of setting up real humourous situation. It's a bit difficult to explain, but essentially the jokes don't fit in. They're not funny to me and the author just sticks them in whenever he feels like it. The characters are all pretty poorly written as well. I think the author has done the same as with the jokes; he's taken a lot of built up characters from other media and stuck them in the story, which is why they're all so generic. There's the big kid with no friends, police officer who has nothing to do until his part of the plot, someone to fall ridiculously in love with a main character for no conceivable reason and even an incredibly smart scientist who is actually so stupid that it's just cringe-worthy. The plot is also something that's been derived from and follows quite closely to other productions of the same nature.
Like I commented earlier, it's a good idea in theory. However, the story is pretty badly written and lacks any real creativity on the author's part. It's just so generic. Apart from that, there are a few errors that could have been fixed with editing. Overall, I can see where the author was going with the story and what their intentions were, but it's not very well done. I would rate this as only one star, but it was bearable and not as bad as some of the other things I've read. So I rate it two stars.
It was a good idea in theory, an octopus that can survive out of water and it eats people and stuff. However, I don't think that the story has been well executed at all. The author has decided that it's primarily meant to be a silly story. Even for a parody it's excessively silly. The humour isn't funny to me; they're just "jokes" taken right from other media and stuck in this book without a real understanding of setting up real humourous situation. It's a bit difficult to explain, but essentially the jokes don't fit in. They're not funny to me and the author just sticks them in whenever he feels like it. The characters are all pretty poorly written as well. I think the author has done the same as with the jokes; he's taken a lot of built up characters from other media and stuck them in the story, which is why they're all so generic. There's the big kid with no friends, police officer who has nothing to do until his part of the plot, someone to fall ridiculously in love with a main character for no conceivable reason and even an incredibly smart scientist who is actually so stupid that it's just cringe-worthy. The plot is also something that's been derived from and follows quite closely to other productions of the same nature.
Like I commented earlier, it's a good idea in theory. However, the story is pretty badly written and lacks any real creativity on the author's part. It's just so generic. Apart from that, there are a few errors that could have been fixed with editing. Overall, I can see where the author was going with the story and what their intentions were, but it's not very well done. I would rate this as only one star, but it was bearable and not as bad as some of the other things I've read. So I rate it two stars.
February 23, 2015
If you want a serious read - look elsewhere. This book is hilarious. It's a light-hearted parody of all the ridiculous sci-fi monster films. It's a quick read and worth it.
The entire thing was campy, amusing, and downright funny. I love those cheesy sci-fi movies for that very reason. They are over the top, have terrible acting, terrible CGI, and are so awesome for all those things. This is all of that in a book. I loved it. I was entertained and I could picture the uber cheesy acting and CGI in my head. And it reads about as fast as watching one of those movies - so go read it. :)
There were some minor editing issues, but not enough to kill the story for me. I know some people like to gripe over issues like this - so if these things get you irritated when you read, then fair warning....they exist.
The entire thing was campy, amusing, and downright funny. I love those cheesy sci-fi movies for that very reason. They are over the top, have terrible acting, terrible CGI, and are so awesome for all those things. This is all of that in a book. I loved it. I was entertained and I could picture the uber cheesy acting and CGI in my head. And it reads about as fast as watching one of those movies - so go read it. :)
There were some minor editing issues, but not enough to kill the story for me. I know some people like to gripe over issues like this - so if these things get you irritated when you read, then fair warning....they exist.
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