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  1. Books

     Undersea Quest  Plot Summary  Reception  Undersea Fleet  Plot Summary  Reception  Undersea City  Plot Summary  Reception 

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. Sources

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The Undersea Trilogy is a series of three science fiction novels by American writers 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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Books

Undersea Quest

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Undersea Quest is the first volume of the trilogy. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1954 in an edition of 5,000 copies.

Plot Summary

Intrigue surrounds the mining of uranium beneath the underwater dome city of Marinia. Jim Eden, expelled from the Sub-Sea Academy on trumped-up charges, seeks out his uncle who disappeared while mining at the bottom of Eden Deep. While for looking clues to his uncle's disappearance, Jim runs into some men who try to stop him.

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin praised the novel's craft, but faulted its espousal of "the petrifying process that military academies put children through" and the "us-against-the-world" attitude it engendered.[1] Anthony Boucher received it favorably, commending its "vigorous storytelling [and] excellent detailing of the background of a submarine civilization."[2] P. Schuyler Miller found it "the kind of book that should predispose Captain Video fans to our kind of science fiction."[3]{{clear}}

Undersea Fleet

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Undersea Fleet is the second volume of the trilogy. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1956 in an edition of 5,000 copies.

Plot Summary

David Craken, a firm believer in the existence of sea serpents, disappears in search of them only to reappear drifting offshore months later. His friend Jim Eden and members of the Sub-Sea Academy retrace David's journey and soon run into the strange creatures that had been only mythical before.

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the novel for its "fast and furious" action.[4]{{clear}}

Undersea City

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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.

Plot Summary

Krakatoan Dome was specifically designed to cope with the tremors of its earthquake prone area. Problems began when there were more quakes than any of the experts had counted on, which many suspected were being artificially created. The Sub-Sea Academy assigned Jim Eden to find out what was going on because of his experience working underwater and because his uncle was suspected of being the one behind the quakes.

Reception

Floyd C. Gale wrote that the book was "Frankly and honestly, a gee-whiz yarn, it reaches its target—youngsters—with plenty of mystery, action and suspense".[5]

See also

{{portal|Novels}}
  • {{annotated link|Attack from Atlantis|Attack from Atlantis}}
  • {{annotated link|Sealab 2020|Sealab 2020}}
  • {{annotated link|Sealab 2021|Sealab 2021}}

References

1. ^"Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1955, p.93
2. ^"Recommended Reading," F&SF, September 1955, p.89.
3. ^Miller, P. Schuyler. "The Reference Library," Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1955, p.152.
4. ^"[https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1957-10/Galaxy_1957_10#page/n123/mode/2up Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf]", Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1957, p.123
5. ^{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-08/Galaxy_1959_08#page/n135/mode/2up | title=Galaxy's 5 Star Star Shelf | work=Galaxy |date=August 1959| accessdate=14 June 2014 | author=Gale, Floyd C. | pages=138–142}}

Sources

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  • {{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=303–307 | year=1998}}
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