- Mass Market Paperback: 175 pages
- ISBN-10: 0451096215
- ISBN-13: 978-0451096210
- ASIN: B000B1ZNN2
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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As a self-confessed Clarke nut I actually have to say that this book is by far and away my favourite. The fact has long since overtaken the fiction and some of the assumptions do not hold, but the book's underlying message is masterful. How the conservationists and particularly a zoologist like myself, would love to find a sustainable market for the world around us. It is difficult to judge whether Clarke's vision could have worked as our experience of managing the environment is far from encouraging. Others may disagree with me on this point, but the characterisations in this book are streets ahead of any other book of his - and that is saying something.
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By David Morris
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Where does a retired astronaut go for emplyment? Into an environment that is every bit as dangerous.
One of only a handfull of fiction stories written by Clarke that are not directly concerned with space, Deep Range looks to a future where the killer whale is used as a sheepdog [a joke to do with the colouring of Border Colliers perhaps?] to herd larger whales that are killed and turned into food.
If that is enough to put you off the story you will be missing out on a classic Clarke novel, and you must remember that when it was written whaling did not have the image it does now, any more than it did at the time when Melville wrote Moby-Dick.
There is a parallel with Ahab and one of the lead characters in the book who is obsessed by a strange sonar reading he has seen on occasion, and is convinced that it is an undiscovered sea creature-and a large one at that.
The design and operation of submersables is given as much detail as the space craft that are more familiar Clarke territiory. The characters have a little more depth [pun intended] than some of Clarkes contemporary work and it is an interesting look at a future that never was to be.
One of only a handfull of fiction stories written by Clarke that are not directly concerned with space, Deep Range looks to a future where the killer whale is used as a sheepdog [a joke to do with the colouring of Border Colliers perhaps?] to herd larger whales that are killed and turned into food.
If that is enough to put you off the story you will be missing out on a classic Clarke novel, and you must remember that when it was written whaling did not have the image it does now, any more than it did at the time when Melville wrote Moby-Dick.
There is a parallel with Ahab and one of the lead characters in the book who is obsessed by a strange sonar reading he has seen on occasion, and is convinced that it is an undiscovered sea creature-and a large one at that.
The design and operation of submersables is given as much detail as the space craft that are more familiar Clarke territiory. The characters have a little more depth [pun intended] than some of Clarkes contemporary work and it is an interesting look at a future that never was to be.
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Clarke's stories possess a sweep and a grandeur that fe other authors can match.
This tale is no exception, even though the setting is undewater rather than space.
There ara few inconsistencies and anachronisms but overall this is splendid stuff.
This tale is no exception, even though the setting is undewater rather than space.
There ara few inconsistencies and anachronisms but overall this is splendid stuff.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Less a novel, more a collection of related incidents.
I think that Arthur C Clarke is one of the best writers of science-fiction in the business - of short stories, that is. To me, his novels have always been less than excellent. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Quetzalcoatl78
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Exploration of a watery universe
A lot of people do not realise that the late, great Arthur C Clarke had not one, but two passions. One was space (obviously) but the other one was the ocean, which is the subject... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by W. Robinson
2.0 out of 5 stars
OK, but Clarke can do better
There are lots of interesting ideas here, but not really enough of a strong story to make this a classic ACC read. Disappointing.
Published on 25 April 2000
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