Undersea Trilogy
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| The Undersea Trilogy | |
 Cover of the omnibus edition |
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| Author | Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson |
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| Cover artist | David Mattingly |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
| Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 501 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-671-72123-2 |
The Undersea Trilogy is a series of three Science Fiction novels by authors Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. The novels were first published by Gnome Press beginning in 1954. The novels were collected in a single omnibus volume published by Baen Books in 1992. The story takes place in and around the underwater dome city called Marinia. The hero of the stories is cadet Jim Eden of the Sub-Sea Academy.
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[edit] Books in the Series
[edit] Undersea Quest
| Undersea Quest | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson |
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| Cover artist | Ed Emshwiller |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
| Publication date | 1954 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 189 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 1804239 |
| Followed by | Undersea Fleet |
Undersea Quest is the first volume of the trilogy. If was first published by Gnome Press in 1954 in an edition of 5,000 copies.
[edit] Plot Summary
Something of value was buried beneath the underwater dome city of Marinia...something that had already cost one man's life, caused another man's kidnapping and gravely affected still another man's future. Expelled from the Sub-Sea Academy on trumped-up charges, Jim Eden wasn't about to wait around to prove his innocence. As soon as he learned that his uncle mysteriously disappeared while mining uranium at the bottom of hazardous Eden Deep, Jim knew what he had to do..and that he had to do it fast. So he headed for the vast dome city location of the great mining colony at the bottom of the sea, to pick up clues to his uncle's disappearance. But once he had entered the undersea metropolis, the wrong people had his number and the were determined that Jim would sink forever without a trace.
[edit] Undersea Fleet
| Undersea Fleet | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson |
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| Cover artist | Ed Emshwiller |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
| Publication date | 1956 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 187 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 1488168 |
| Preceded by | Undersea Quest |
| Followed by | Undersea City |
Undersea Fleet is the second volume of the trilogy. If was first published by Gnome Press in 1956 in an edition of 5,000 copies.
[edit] Plot Summary
Everyone at the Academy knew that sea serpents were, without a doubt, silly superstitions. Everyone but David Craken, that is. This young cadet from Marinia had been born and raised four miles beneath the waves, and knew that more than rich new fuel sources and precious stones lay in wait for the men who dared invade this last frontier. But when David dived into the depths at thirteen hundred feet and disappeared only to reappear, drifting offshore months later his friend Jim Eden learned there was more truth to certain superstitions than he cared to believe. ON a strange and hazardous journey, Jim and the men of the Sub-Sea Academy suddenly found themselves up against the dangerous creatures of the deep and embroiled in a life against life adventure they would never forget!
[edit] Undersea City
| Undersea City | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson |
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| Cover artist | Wallace Wood |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
| Publication date | 1958 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| OCLC | 2195313 |
| Preceded by | Undersea Fleet |
Undersea City is the third volume of the trilogy. If was first published by Gnome Press in 1958 in an edition of 5,000 copies, of which only 3,000 were bound.
[edit] Plot Summary
It was the most dreaded of all undersea phenomena. If strong enough, it would set up chain-reaction pressures that could shatter any dome and cost inestimable lives. But the Krakatoan Dome has been specifically designed to cope with the tremors of its seaquake prone area. The trouble was, all of a sudden, there were more quakes than any of the experts had counted on.. quakes that no one could possibly have forecast because they hadn't come from natural causes. The sub-Sea Academy had assigned Cadet Jim Eden to the Krakatoan Dome to find out what was going on, and for very special reasons. First, he was more at home in the underwater world than most anyone else. But, even more important, they sent Jim because his uncle was suspected of being the heinous saboteur!
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[edit] See also
A similar Science Fiction underwater book called Attack From Atlantis written by Lester Del Rey may be of interest.
[edit] References
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998). Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 303-307.
