List of maritime science fiction works
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[]
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968)
- Sealab 2020 (1972)
- Seaquest DSV (1993-1996)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1997.[4]
- Sealab 2021 (2000-2005)
- The Deep (2010)
Film[]
- The Atomic Submarine (1959)
- On the Beach (1959)
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Leviathan (1989)
- Waterworld (1995)
- Deep Blue Sea (1999)
- (1998)[5]
- Underwater (2020)
See also[]
- Nautical fiction
References[]
- ^ From Alien Invasion to Time Travel: 350 Science Fiction Writing Prompts Kindle Edition by Knatia Parson
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
Further reading[]
- Grünbein, Durs Die Bars von Atlantis Eine Erkundung in vierzehn Tauchgängen (in German)
- 100 Maritime Science Fiction Writing Prompts by Knatia Parson
External links[]
Categories:
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- Nautical fiction
- Science fiction books
- Lists of science fiction films
- Science fiction television series