GREAT WHITE

WHITE NIGHT

Shimmo Night

Death in Shimmo

A Night in Shimmo

Death in Squam

Shimmo Bay

THE BEACH AT SHIMMO

Shimmo Cove

Dark Water

The Shark of Shimmo

The Grinning Fish

The Visitor to Shimmo

Polpin Rock

Dark White WHITE DARK

Shimmo Rock

The Beast of Shimmo

Squam Head

The Fish of Shimmo

Moon’s Neck

Shimmo White

Esau,

HOOPER/CLASPER

NAME CHANGE, MORE HIST?

ADRENALIN

Peter Ginkel

Letter on Mundus

Leviathan Rising

Throwback

The Coming

Horror

Haunt

The Fish

Phosphorescence

Looming

Clam Bay

Spectre

The Edge of Gloom

Maw

Endurance

Tumult

Shadow

The Survivor

The Unexplained

Penance

Hunger

Survival

Messenger

Dues

Ripple

Death From the Sea

Apparition

What have we done?

Squam

Stranger Summer

One Summer

Desserts (sp)

Tiburon (find Prtng?)

The White

Fluke

Monimoy

Requin (pron. RAH-KEEN)

White

Why?

QUIDNET

Off the Beach

Instinct

SHIMMO

Arrival

Early Summer

MOON (Town name)

Ravage

Warning

Despair

Shadows of Despair

Alarm

Beware

Giant

Portent

Menace

Scourge

Devastation

The Great Fish

Great White

A Question of Evil

Anthropophagus

OMNIVORE

HAVOC

White Evil

White Menace

Jaws of Despair Terror

Anguish

The Fish

In the

A Time of

Out of

In with stillness

Town

“ ”

Amity

Hiram

In the stillness

“ ” presence

Requiem White

Dread

Fury

Chill

Harpoon

A Dreadful Stillness

A Question of Evil

An elegant (splendid) presence

“ ” evil

Man Eater

Out of the Stillness

An Awful Stillness

Leviathan (Linnaues-Jonah)

The image of evil

“ presence of evil

Presence

Primeval

Infinite evil

Primordial

Evil infinite

Survival

Sacrifice

Vision

Brute White

Vengeance

A Question of Vengeance

Amity

Rollie

The Scourge of Amity

Dreadful Silence

JAWS OVER AMITY

The Fish at Amity

PISCES REDUX

PAST

Letter from Peter Benchley to David Brown, Producer of the Film Version of Jaws

Peter’s letters were often filled with funny and/or facetious asides. He and David Brown (whom Peter described as “one of the most gracious, kindly, generous and thoughtful producers ever to work in the fetid swamps of Hollywood”) had early in their relationship developed a trust, which allowed them to communicate honestly. David had asked Peter for his candid feedback on drafts of the screenplay for Jaws. The following letter is Peter’s candid feedback—along with some flip remarks to leaven the criticism.

At the very end, Peter included a clipping, which had apparently misstated the release date of the movie. His joking remark about being “angry” belies his immense affection for David Brown. And, as he admits in the letter, a film is the director’s project. Peter greatly appreciated what Steven Spielberg’s dedication and genius had added to his story.

15 April, 1974

Dear David:

As I mentioned on the phone this morning, I am deeply troubled by some things in the final draft screenplay of “Jaws.” I fear that if they were ever to appear on the screen, the picture would be hooted at—not just by shark-freaks, but by general audiences, too—as an insane farce. Furthermore, I think they detract for the suspense of the film.

I have several other, less important, reservations, and I’ll mention them in descending order of concern.