Please suggest good [science] fiction or fantasy books with an aquatic angle
02-11-05, 03:42 PM
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Please suggest good [science] fiction or fantasy books with an aquatic angle
I never come across a fantasy book of any setting that has had much in way of aquatic life. Be it high fantasy, never seen water elves(lol) or just fiction. Any good ones out there? Was Abyss movie based on book by chance? I imagine I would need to look at disaster book authors to get any fix.
02-12-05, 12:41 PM
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I believe the story of The Abyss was James Cameron's *, but I also think the novelization was done by Orson Scott Card, and it's supposed to be pretty good.
*though not entirely original,
*though not entirely original,
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Originally Posted by Jacobsen
20,000 leagues under the sea.
Joan Slonczewski's "A Door into Ocean".
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I found this list:
.... on this site: http://orion.ramapo.edu/~kfowler/und...rseatexts.html
Here are some more references: http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateS....html#undersea
Charles Kingsley. Water Babies (1863)
Andre Laurie. Under the Sea: The Crystal City (1895)
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Marecot Deep (1929)
Jack Williamson. The Green Girl (1930)
Dennis Wheatley. They Found Atlantis (1936)
Lawrence OíDonnell (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore). FURY. (aka Destination: Infinity) 1947
Arthur C. Clarke. The Deep Range. 1954. Whale farming
Kenneth Bulmer. City Under the Sea. (1957) Beyond the Silver Sky (1961)
Gordon R. Dickson. The Space Swimmers. (1963)
Hal Clement. Oceans on Top (1967)
Margaret St. Clair. The Dolphins of Altair (1967)
Lee Hoffman. The Caves of Karst (1969)
Biemiller, Carl L. The Hydronauts (1970); Follow the Whales (1973); Escape from the Crater (1974) Young adult
Ian Watson. The Jonah Kit.
T. J. Bass. The Godwhale (1974)
Alexander Jakabbo. A Deeper Sea (1992).
Andre Laurie. Under the Sea: The Crystal City (1895)
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Marecot Deep (1929)
Jack Williamson. The Green Girl (1930)
Dennis Wheatley. They Found Atlantis (1936)
Lawrence OíDonnell (Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore). FURY. (aka Destination: Infinity) 1947
Arthur C. Clarke. The Deep Range. 1954. Whale farming
Kenneth Bulmer. City Under the Sea. (1957) Beyond the Silver Sky (1961)
Gordon R. Dickson. The Space Swimmers. (1963)
Hal Clement. Oceans on Top (1967)
Margaret St. Clair. The Dolphins of Altair (1967)
Lee Hoffman. The Caves of Karst (1969)
Biemiller, Carl L. The Hydronauts (1970); Follow the Whales (1973); Escape from the Crater (1974) Young adult
Ian Watson. The Jonah Kit.
T. J. Bass. The Godwhale (1974)
Alexander Jakabbo. A Deeper Sea (1992).
Here are some more references: http://www.magicdragon.com/UltimateS....html#undersea
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While looking into this I saw several references to a Golden Age [possibly juvenile] series by Fred Pohl and, similarly, Gordon R. Dickson's "Secret Under The Sea"
And from a Usenet thread
And from a Usenet thread
- Diane Duane's "Deep Wizardry"
- Alida Van Gores' "Mermaid's Song"
- "Oceanspace" by Allen Steele
- "Half the Day is Night", by Maureen McHugh
- "Starfish" by Peter Watts
- Tony Anzetti's two books 'Typhon's Children' and 'Riders of Leviatan'
- Alan Dean Foster's "Cachalot"
- Frank Herbert's "The Dragon in the Sea" aka "Under Pressure " aka "21st Century Sub"
- Hal Clement's "Ocean On Top".
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Originally Posted by madara
Very kind all these great suggestions! Of to get started on them!
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"Dragon in the Sea" aka "Under Pressure" aka "21 Cent. Sub" is phenomenal although I doubt it's still in print under any of those titles. If the "Eye" anthology is still available though, "Under Pressure" is included -- the other two titles are longer versions of the initial short story.
Also by Herbert, I would recommend "The Jesus Incident" and it's sequels "The Lazarus Effect" and "The Ascension Factor".
Also by Herbert, I would recommend "The Jesus Incident" and it's sequels "The Lazarus Effect" and "The Ascension Factor".
