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 Kraken Wakes by John Wyndman – 1953^[3]
The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert – 1956^[3]
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)

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)
Deep Sea Rising (1998)^[5]

References

↑ From Alien Invasion to Time Travel: 350 Science Fiction Writing Prompts Kindle Edition by Knatia Parson
↑ H-Net Reviews. 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. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 "The Top 10 Underwater Science Fiction Books". best-sci-fi-books.com. 20 August 2014. 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. February 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

Additional reading

Grünbein, Durs Die Bars von Atlantis^{[permanent dead link]} Eine Erkundung in vierzehn Tauchgängen (in German)
100 Maritime Science Fiction Writing Prompts by Knatia Parson

Other websites

[1] From Alien Invasion to Time Travel: 350 Science Fiction Writing Prompts Kindle Edition by Knatia Parson

[2] H-Net Reviews. 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. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[auto-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 "The Top 10 Underwater Science Fiction Books". best-sci-fi-books.com. 20 August 2014. 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. February 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-20.

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