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Cephalopods: Intelligent Morsels of Protein: Fiction/Film

By Larry Spencer

Fiction/Film

20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Disney, 1954.

Benchley, Peter. Beast. Fawcett, 1992.

Cannery Row. Directed by David S. Ward. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists, 1982.

Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable Creatures. HarperCollins, 2009.

Flemming, Ian. Dr. No. Jonathan Cape, 1958.

Hugo, Victor. The Toilers of the Sea. Harper and Brothers, 1866.

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick. Harper & Brothers, 1851.

My Octopus Teacher. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed. Netflix, 2020.

“Octopus: Making Contact.” Nature, created by David Allen, season 38, episode 1, PBS, 02 October 2019.

Octopussy. Directed by John Glen. Eon Productions, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Danjaq Productions, 1983.

Steinbeck, John. Sweet Thursday. Viking, 1954.

The Beast. Directed by Jeff Bleckner. NBC. 1996.

Van Pelt, Shelby. Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel. Ecco, 2022.

Verne, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. Porter & Coates, 1870.

Wells, H. G. “The Sea Raiders.” The Plattner Story and Others. Methuen, 1897.