I love peter benchley s work and was excited to see this for a great price. I realize now that since then i have been spoiled by wellmade, visually stunning series and movies. The success of the book led to many publishers commissioning books about mutant rats, rabid dogs and the like threatening communities. Beast by peter benchley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. But this, in more than one way, feels like the original. If youve read benchley s jaws, you would know why i began reading this one with more than a little scepticism. His novel jaws was published in 1974, followed by the deep, the island, the girl of the sea of cortez, q clearance, rummies, and beast, among others. Peter benchley went to bermuda to hunt for giant squid, but fond that the creature, which never showed itself, was strong. Katherine marcus karen sillas, just off a bum romantic interlude, arrives in timely fashion to do some deepsea diving. It was jaws that propelled the former political speech writer to fame.
The eponymous beast in benchleys novel turns out to be a 100footlong, anthropophagous giant squid, but the attacks on the fish traps of whip. Grandson of famed humorist and actor robert benchley and the son of highly respected childrens books author nathaniel benchley, novelist peter benchley s book were decidedly more dramatic in their content and style than his fathers, and usually centered on the worlds oceans as a backdrop to his vigorous plots. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. A fishing community in bermuda is disrupted by a series of mysterious disappearances at sea. Peter benchley, the man who created jaws and other bestsellers, gives us beast, another thrilling ocean adventure. A giant sea creature lurking off the shores of a coastal community preys on sailors and divers. Seventeen years after jaws chewed up the bookracks, he now weaves another ripping seamonster. If youre read jaws, then youve read this book already, though i was no great fan of jaws the book. The deep is a 1977 adventure film based on peter benchley s novel of the same name. Not great but if you like popcorn novels its not bad. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
Peter benchley, william peterson, scifi, science fiction, deep sea, horror, deep sea horror, thriller, scary, mini series a new england fishing town is besieged by a giant squid, made starving by the overfished waters it lives in, and made angry by the murder of its offspring. Peter benchley books list of books by author peter benchley. The novel focuses on a great white shark that terrorizes an oceanfront community that caters to tourism. Peter benchley went to bermuda to hunt for giant squid, but fond that the creature, which never showed itself, was strong enough to cut through his baited steel cable lines and sink the buoys that kept them afloat. Overall a collectible vintage book in near fine condition. After his worldwide success of jaws, peter benchleys beast is the account of whip darling, a recognized expert of the deep, and a man who now has to struggle. Makes the shark from jaws look like a pet goldfish. The story is enhanced with new details, such as the addition of more siblings for beauty and a less violent and temperamental version of the beast. Benchley died from pulmonary fibrosis on february 12, 2006 at the age of 65. Peter benchleys the beast meanwhile, sour coast guard lt. In the novel, however, he has an expert on giant squid write a book. Tally wants to study it because he has dedicated his life to architeuthis. Peter bradford benchley was an american author best known for writing the novel jaws and cowriting the screenplay for its highly successful film adaptation.
It is similar to jaws, but it does not feature a shark, despite what the title suggests. Benchley would frequently pitch two ideas, a nonfiction book about pirates, and a novel depicting a maneating shark terrorizing a community. This book is not as good as jaws, but is also a very good story about a giant squid. Peter benchley booklist peter benchley message board. Oct 06, 2015 benchley was intrigued by a news account of a 4550 pound great white caught off montauk in the 1960s.
He wrote screenplays for three of his novels, and his articles and essays appeared in such. Peter benchley, the author of jaws, returns to his monsters of the deep theme and churns out this unchallening, but enjoyable novel about a giant squid terrorizing bermuda. In this film, based on a novel by peter benchley, the fishing industry of a small northwestern coastal town is nearly destroyed when a mysterious giant sea creature takes up residence. Since peter was the same author for beast, i was interested to see if he would follow the same story line or create a whole new type of mysterious adventure. The author of the megabestseller jaws, the master of the deep now gives us a stunning, brilliantly suspenseful novel about a strange new predator of the deep. Straight from the cutting edge of science and the logs of ancient mariners comes an immense horror a creature that rises up from the well of an ocean gone mad.
The beast, by peter benchley is an awesome book about whip darling, a fisher from bermuda, that goes after a sea monster with a scientist named dr. His novel jaws was published in 1974, followed by the deep 1976, the island 1979, the girl of the sea of cortez 1982, q clearance 1986, rummies 1989 and beast 1991. Peter benchley s creature by benchley, peter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Beast free pdf, chm, epub, fb3 free download ebook pdf.
The miniseries is about an amphibious sharklike monster terrorizing an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island where it is located. It is based on the 1994 novel white shark republished as creature in 1997 concurrent with the film by jaws author peter benchley. Beast by peter benchley in chm, epub, fb3 download e book. Beast by peter benchley the octopus news magazine online. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Peter benchleys novel beast was published in 1991, and like all of his. His other books include the deep, the island, the girl of the sea of cortez, q clearance, rummies, beast, white shark, and shark trouble. Peter benchley books list of books by peter benchley. Beast by peter benchley first edition hardcover book first edition, first printing, newunread in flawless dustjacket.
Peter benchleys creature by peter benchley abebooks. Peter benchley beast paperback arrow books 1991 for sale. It was directed by peter yates, and stars robert shaw, jacqueline bisset and nick nolte. At the center of this superb story is whip darling, a recognized expert on the deep, and a man who now has to struggle to make a living in the fishedout waters around bermuda. Scientific fact notwithstanding, anyone who s read peter benchley s terrifying jaws or seen the movie version will forever see the great white shark as a vicious, bloodthirsty monster. Books like beast by peter benchley suggested reading. Jul 31, 2012 peter benchley began his career as a novelist in 1974 with the publication of jaws, which was made into a hugely successful film. Benchley puts a 90s ecological spin on his storythe squid is on the prowl because its food supply. It was a series about an airplane which crashes in the most remote spot on earththe middle of the amazon jungleand all the fantastic, anachronistic creatures and people whom the survivors encounter.
And he had a successful tv series in syndication from 19992000, titled peter benchleys amazon. In 1971, struggling as a freelance journalist, he managed to get a meeting with a publisher to pitch two ideas. Peter benchley has 39 books on goodreads with 218324 ratings. The best of robert benchley by robert benchley alibris. I felt that the condition didnt quite match the very good standards. Drawing on his singular knowledge of marine life, science, and history, peter benchley tells a mesmerizing story of a terrifying, deadly beast. After graduating from harvard, peter benchley worked as a reporter for the washington post, then as an editor at newsweek and a speechwriter in the white house.
After a greedy poacher attempts to capture the creature with deadly results, a crew including a fishing boat captain, a coast guard lieutenant and a marine biologist set sail to outwit the monster. Buy the best of robert benchley by robert benchley online at alibris. It was filmed primarily in new south wales, australia. Oh and yes you dodged a bullet with jaws, one of the few times the movie is legit better than the book. Benchley s tale of a great white shark that terrorizes a new england coastal community sold millions of copies, and the 1975 film of the same name incited enough public anxiety that summer that authorities regularly closed. Mar 25, 2019 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Benchleys interest in the sea, stemming from childhood summers spent on the coast of nantucket, led to his meticulously researching the subject of sharks and writing such bestselling and. Peter benchley first edition book beast now available. Choose from over 50,000 books from the premier collectible book site. Peter benchley wrote the immensely successful 1974 novel that became one of the topgrossing movies of all time, jaws. To avoid confusion and to capitalize on the movie adaptation, the book was republished as creature in 1997. Beast 1st edition1st printing peter benchley books tell you why. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Feb 11, 2014 beauty and the beast is a wonderful retelling of the classic tale using west african imagery to breathe new life into the vision and prose. His other books include the deep, the island, the girl of the sea of cortez, q clearance, rummies, beast, white sha. The island, a film directed by michael ritchie, was based upon the book. The beast is a 1996 television movie starring william petersen, karen sillas and charles martin smith. Based on content from grolier encyclopedias, mythlopedia presents the superstars of greek mythology from mighty olympians to slithering serpents along with the myths that put. A 1996 made for tvmovie adaptation of peter benchley s book, beast. It had a few deep creases in the cover and a few tears in the back cover.
Two of his other books were turned into the madefortv movies, the beast and the creature. I watched it years ago and i recently wanted to view it again. Beast by peter benchley meet your next favorite book. Peter benchley was an american author of mystery and thriller novels best known as the author of jaws and cowrote the novel subsequent film adaptation alongside carl gottlieb.
You can read his biographic book shark life for more details on those adventures. Aired in two parts as a miniseries, the movie is based on the 1991 novel beast by jaws author peter benchley. A giant 100ft squid, its only threat the white whale, is tracking the bermuda waters. Check out white shark by benchley, it was also made into a tv movie like the beast but the movie was called the creature. Beast book by peter benchley half price books marketplace. Veteran fisherman whip darling suspects the truth, and after discovering two large hooks advises confidant marcus sharpe, a local navy pilot, that the culprit is architeuthis dux.
Even though these novels have enjoyed modest success, it is for jaws, beast, and white shark 1994. Peter benchley biography life, family, name, story, history. The film is about a giant squid that attacks and kills several people when its food supply becomes scarce and its offspring is. Benchley puts a 90s ecological spin on his storythe squid is on the prowl because its food supply has been. The film is about a giant squid that attacks and kills several people when its food supply becomes scarce and its offspring is killed. This idea had been developed by benchley since he had read a news report of a fisherman catching a 4,550 pounds 2,060 kg great white shark off the coast of long island in 1964.
Benchley puts a 90s ecological spin on his storythe squid is on the prowl because its food supply has been diminished by wanton overfishingbut at bottom this is just another jaws retread, opening, as did jaws, with a night attack by the monster here, on a castaway sailing couple and concluding, as did jaws, with a daylight frontal assault on a ship and crew determined to destroy it. The film makes some radical changes from the book, while maintaining its basic plot. As the balance of the sea has been destroyed by greedy fishermen, there are now more giant squid than ever before, and now this monster kills a wealthy bankers children. Whatever damage benchley did to the sharks reputation, he made up for it as a champion of study and conservation, making him a compelling author for shark fans and foes alike. Several of the authors novels were adapted into movies include, the island, the deep, white shark, and beast. Im a huge fan of the movie, but it turned out that scriptwriters, robert shaw and spielberg had taken the bones of the novel and built something way better. Mar 26, 2018 i give thoughts on the underrated and forgotten tv movie. Creature is a 1998 american television miniseries starring craig t. Whatever damage benchley did to the sharks reputation, he made up for it as a champion of study and conservation, making him a compelling author for shark fans. Beast is a 1991 novel by peter benchley, the author of jaws. Peter benchley s amazon is not a documentary it is a tv series. Feb, 2006 peter benchley, whose 1974 novel jaws turned shark attacks into a national obsession and who later used what he called his fish story to help promote oceanic conservation, died yesterday. I think the movie is wonderful, and i think beast is actually a superior piece of writing. Jan 01, 1991 i chose this science fiction book beast because of one, my interest in squids and two because like many others, i enjoyed reading jaws by peter benchley and watching the movie, jaws.