List of underwater science fiction works

Amazing Stories magazine cover from November, 1930

The following is a list of underwater science fiction media. Underwater science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is considered to have first appeared with Jules Verne's classic 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

## Literature[edit]

* Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne – 1870
* "In the Abyss" by H. G. Wells – 1896 short story
* The Scarlet Empire by David M. Parry – 1906
* The Sunken World by Stanton A Coblentz – 1928
* The Maracot Deep by Arthur Conan Doyle – 1929
* Attack from Atlantis by Lester del Rey – 1953
* The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke – 1953 short story, 1957 novel
* The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham – 1953[1]
* The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert – 1956[1]
* Dolphin Island: A Story of the People of the Sea by Arthur C. Clarke – 1963
* The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard − 1966
* The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea – 1975
* Startide Rising by David Brin – 1983[1]
* Sphere by Michael Crichton – 1987[1]
* Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward – 1990[2]
* Undersea Trilogy by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson – 1992, omnibus edition
* Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten – 1997
* The Trench by Steve Alten – 1999
* Goliath by Steve Alten – 2002
* The Scar by China Mieville – 2002[1]
* Meg: Primal Waters by Steve Alten – 2004
* The Swarm by Frank Schätzing – 2004[1]
* Camouflage by Joe Haldeman – 2004[1]
* The Loch by Steve Alten – 2005
* Meg: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten – 2009
* Low comics series by Rick Remender and Greg Rocchini – 2014–2020
* Meg: Nightstalkers by Steve Alten – 2016
* Meg: Generations by Steve Alten – 2018

## Film[edit]

Non-exhaustive list of films whose plot or a significant part of it takes place underwater:

* The Impossible Voyage (1904)
* Under the Seas (1907)
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
* The Mysterious Island (1929)
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
* It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
* The Atomic Submarine (1959)
* On the Beach (1959)
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
* Atragon (1963)
* City Under the Sea (1965)
* Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
* Destination Inner Space (1966)
* Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
* Latitude Zero (1969)
* City Beneath the Sea (1971)
* The Neptune Factor (1973)
* Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
* The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985)
* The Abyss (1989)
* DeepStar Six (1989)
* Leviathan (1989)
* Lords of the Deep (1989)
* The Rift (1990)
* Waterworld (1995)
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997, Hallmark)
* Sphere (1998)
* Deep Blue Sea (1999)
* Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
* A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001, animated)
* Deep Shock (2003)
* Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
* Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015, animated)
* Deep (2017, animated)
* Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
* Aquaman (2018)
* Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis (2018, animated)
* DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis (2018, animated)
* The Meg (2018), based on the Steve Alten novel series
* Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020)
* Underwater (2020)
* Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
* The Black Demon (2023)
* Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
* Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
* Iron Lung (upcoming)

## Television[edit]

* Tales of Adventure (1952)
* Stingray (1964 series)
* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968 series)
* Sealab 2020 (1972 series)
* Captain Nemo (1975 miniseries)
* The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo (1975)
* Man from Atlantis (1977–1978 series)
* The Return of Captain Nemo (1978)
* Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–1991 series)
* Willy Fog 2 (1993)
* seaQuest DSV (1993–1996 series, episodes)
* Ocean Girl (1994–1997 series, episodes)
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 miniseries)
* Sealab 2021 (2000–2005 series, episodes)
* Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (2004)
* The Deep (2010 miniseries)
* The Deep (2015–2021 series)
* Nautilus (TBA)

## Plays[edit]

* Journey Through the Impossible, 1882

## Video games[edit]

* seaQuest DSV, 1994
* X-COM: Terror from the Deep, 1995
* Archimedean Dynasty, 1996
* The Abyss: Incident at Europa, 1998
* Submarine Titans, 2000
* AquaNox franchise
* The Secret of the Nautilus, 2002
* BioShock, 2007
* BioShock 2, 2010
* BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea, 2013–14
* Subnautica, 2014
* SOMA, 2015
* Subnautica: Below Zero, 2019
* In Other Waters, 2020
* Iron Lung, 2022
* Barotrauma, 2023

## Toys[edit]

* Lego Aquazone, created in 1995, discontinued in 1998

## See also[edit]

* Nautical fiction
* Captain Nemo, Jules Verne character
* Nautilus, Verne's fictional submarine
* Mermaids in popular culture

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g "The Top 10 Underwater Science Fiction Books". best-sci-fi-books.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
2. ^ "10 Great Underwater Sci-fi and Fantasy Works". Retrieved 2023-05-20.

## External links[edit]

* Five fantastic nautical science fiction novels
* Underwater Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure and Thriller Films
* The Top 10 Underwater Science Fiction Books

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