Undersea Trilogy

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name = The Undersea Trilogy
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image_caption = Cover of the omnibus edition
author = Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson
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cover_artist = David Mattingly
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Baen Books
release_date = 1992
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 501 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-671-72123-2
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"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.

Books in the Series

Undersea Quest

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name = Undersea Quest
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson
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cover_artist = Ed Emshwiller
country = United States
language = English
series =
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genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1954
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 189 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 1804239
preceded_by =
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.

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 looking clues to his uncle's disappearance, Jim runs into some men who try to stop him.

Undersea Fleet

Infobox Book
name = Undersea Fleet
title_orig =
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson
illustrator =
cover_artist = Ed Emshwiller
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1956
english_release_date =
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.

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.

Undersea City

Infobox Book
name = Undersea City
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson
illustrator =
cover_artist = Wallace Wood
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject =
genre = Science fiction novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1958
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 224 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 2195313
preceded_by = Undersea Fleet
followed_by =

"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.

Book Covers

ee also

*Attack From Atlantis
*Sealab 2020
*Sealab 2021

References

*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/t219.htm#A24203
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accessdate = 2008-02-27
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=303-307 | date=1998