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  • The priest Laocoön and his sons - straggled by a sea-serpent that was sent by the Gods in retaliation for his warning the Trojans against accepting the gift of the wooden horse.

    Steve Bell on Rupert Murdoch and David Cameron 2011

  • He thought of the cargo of smoked fish in the hold of Sheerwater, the weight of all those herring in all those barrels sucking her down into the water as if a sea-serpent had hold of her.

    A Sorcerous Mist Megan Arkenberg 2010

  • He thought of the cargo of smoked fish in the hold of Sheerwater, the weight of all those herring in all those barrels sucking her down into the water as if a sea-serpent had hold of her.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Megan Arkenberg 2010

  • Fantasy cracks it down the middle, turns it wrong-side-out, dissolves it to invisibility, walks men through its walls, and fetches incredible circuses to town with sea-serpent, medusa, and chimera displacing zebra, ape, and armadillo.

    May 2007 2007

  • Several of the old sea-serpent books fit in this category.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • (Assuming that the pond monster is not, in fact, a released crocodilian -- the t-shirts depict a sea-serpent like critter.) (News source.) (T-shirt site) posted by Chad Arment @ 2: 37 PM

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • Fantasy cracks it down the middle, turns it wrong-side-out, dissolves it to invisibility, walks men through its walls, and fetches incredible circuses to town with sea-serpent, medusa, and chimera displacing zebra, ape, and armadillo.

    Ray Bradbury on Science Fiction and Fantasy 2007

  • Their frilled and eel-like body is reminiscent of some "sea-serpent" accounts. posted by Craig Heinselman @ 8: 46 AM

    Archive 2007-01-01 2007

  • This text is one of the most important for sea-serpent studies, though current opinions may or may not agree with his theories.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • One is a discussion by Charles Lyell, the other is a review of sea-serpent reports and advancement of the zeuglodon theory by J.G. Wood. posted by Chad Arment @ 4: 22 PM

    Archive 2006-12-01 2006

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