The Sea Raiders sea monsters include Scylla and Charybdis of Greek mythology, and the kraken of medieval times which is thought to have been a giant squid. Previous fictional encounters with giant squids are described in chapter 59 of Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" of 1851, and in Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" of 1870. The narrator describes a recent period when a new sort of giant squid, a species named "Haploteuthis ferox", became known. (This fictitious name can be compared with the genus name "Architeuthis" of the giant squid.) As a part of the survey of the period, including early encounters
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a 2005 BBC television serial depicting the lives of three working class Londoners in the inter-war period. The series is based on the trilogy '’20,000 Streets Under the Sky'’ by British author Patrick Hamilton. It stars Sally Hawkins, Zoe Tapper and Bryan Dick. The three-part drama was shown on BBC Four, accompanied by the documentary "Words, Whisky and Women" and was also released on DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray. The series was released in the United States on 11 February 2006 on BBC America. The "Los Angeles