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Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea
Adam Roberts
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Description for Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea
Paperback. A sequel to Jules Verne's classic novel? Or something else entirely? A wonderful collaboration between Adam Roberts and illustrator Mahendra Singh. Illustrator(s): Singh, Mahendra. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 232.
It is 1958 and France's first nuclear submarine, Plongeur, leaves port for the first of its sea trials. On board, gathered together for the first time, one of the Navy's most experienced captains and a tiny skeleton crew of sailors, engineers and scientists. The Plongeur makes her first dive and goes down, and down and down... Out of control, the submarine plummets to a depth where the pressure will crush her hull, killing everyone on board, and beyond. The pressure builds, the hull protests, the crew prepare for death, the boat reaches the ... Read more
It is 1958 and France's first nuclear submarine, Plongeur, leaves port for the first of its sea trials. On board, gathered together for the first time, one of the Navy's most experienced captains and a tiny skeleton crew of sailors, engineers and scientists. The Plongeur makes her first dive and goes down, and down and down... Out of control, the submarine plummets to a depth where the pressure will crush her hull, killing everyone on board, and beyond. The pressure builds, the hull protests, the crew prepare for death, the boat reaches the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473215313
SKU
V9781473215313
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is commonly described as one of the UK's most important writers of SF. He is the author of numerous novels and literary parodies. He is Professor of 19th-century literature at Royal Holloway, London University and has written a number of critical works on both SF and 19th-century poetry. He is a contributor to the SF ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Reviews for Twenty Trillion Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Trillion League Under the Sea combines the authors serious novels with his parodies. The result is something that is not quite different and British in style but utterly compelling from beginning to end
SF Book
an eye-popping and mind-blowing exploitative technique, and our author outdoes himself
Paul De Fliippo
Locus
One of the few ... Read more
SF Book
an eye-popping and mind-blowing exploitative technique, and our author outdoes himself
Paul De Fliippo
Locus
One of the few ... Read more