List of underwater science fiction works

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)
• Captain Fathom (1965)
• 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]

External links[edit]

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