List of maritime science fiction works

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Amazing Stories magazine cover from November, 1930

The following is a list of maritime science fiction media. Maritime science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction[1][2] that is considered to have first appeared with Jules Verne's classic 1870 French language novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Literature[]

Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea has been retold many ways in various media. Other major works of this subgenre in literature may include:

  • The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke - 1953, 1957 as a full novel
  • The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham – 1953[3]
  • The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert – 1956[3]
  • Dolphin Island: A Story of the People of the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Illuminatus! Trilogy - 1975
  • Aquarius Mission - 1978
  • Startide Rising by David Brin – 1983[3]
  • Sphere by Michael Crichton – 1987[3]
  • Reefsong by Carol Severance – 1991[3]
  • Starfish by Peter Watts – 1999[3]
  • The Trench - 1999
  • The Scar by China Mieville – 2002[3]
  • The Swarm by Frank Schätzing – 2004[3]
  • Camouflage by Joe Haldeman – 2004[3]

Television[]

Film[]

See also[]

  • Nautical fiction

References[]

  1. ^ From Alien Invasion to Time Travel: 350 Science Fiction Writing Prompts Kindle Edition by Knatia Parson
  2. ^ H-Net Reviews. James P. Delgado. Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1998. 496 pp. $55.00 (cloth). 1998. ISBN 978-0-300-07427-7.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Top 10 Underwater Science Fiction Books". best-sci-fi-books.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. ^ "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Rod Hardy (1997)". SciFi-Movies. 11 May 1997. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ^ "10 Of Scifi And Fantasy's Most Aesthetically Significant Bathroom Death Scenes". Cyriaque Lamar. Cyriaque Lamar. Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

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