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Undersea City (The Final Book of the Undersea Trilogy)

by Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson

Published 1983ISBN 978-0-3453-0814-6

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!

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Science Fiction, Nonfiction, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Science Fiction · Nonfiction · Fiction

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Balanced tone · Urgent pace

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Undersea City (The Final Book of the Undersea Trilogy)Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson
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Reading lengthLength not listed
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1983
Primary categoryScience FictionAlso cataloged under Nonfiction and Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3453-0814-6
Language
English
Edition record
OL9450905M
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Begin with its place in Science Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

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Three questions to carry with you

  1. Which familiar part of life becomes easier to see through this imagined world?
  2. What rules shape the world, and who benefits from them?
  3. Where does wonder, fear, or possibility change a character’s choices?

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