- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (10 Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575077115
- ISBN-13: 978-0575077119
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Since the beginning of time it had worked its will on humanity, and for as long as man could remember, he had struggled against its power. But in the 21st century the battle was won: the sea, mankind's age-old enemy, had finally been conquered. Professionals like Walter Franklin now patrolled the infinite savannahs of the oceans, harvesting from the plankton prairies as crop which kept the world fed. But like that other great frontier, space, the sea had not yet yielded up all its secrets. And men like Franklin would never rest until its every fathomless mystery had been challenged . . .
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Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as a radar instructor for the RAF, rising to the rank of flight-lieutenant. After the war, he entered King's College, London taking, in 1948, his B.Sc. in physics and mathematics with first class honours.One of the most respected of all science fiction writers, he has won the Kalinga Prize, the Aviation Space-Writers' Prize and the Westinghouse Science Writing Prize. He also shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on his story, 'The Sentinel'. He has lived in Sri Lanka since 1956.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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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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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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 of this novel.
It is the late 21st century, and the world has been transformed by humankind literally farming the ocean. Vast plankton farms have utterly abolished hunger worldwide, and whales are herded, bred and milked like cattle.
Into this watery world comes Walt Franklin - clearly a competent man, but a man with a secret. Why has he been fast-tracked into the profession? What was his previous occupation? Why does he have the support of the upper management? You will have to read it to find out.
The book covers various underwater adventures as well as the political machinations of the time. Clarke was always incredibly optimistic about the future of the human race, and this is another of his many novels where war has been abolished, and hunger has been consigned to history. Nice if it were so, but somehow I have my doubts.
The book is a nice gentle one, and is reasonably enjoyable as long as you don't expect too much from it. It does not have the wonder or high adventure of Rendezvous with Rama or 2001, but Clarke fans will find it worthwhile I think.
It is the late 21st century, and the world has been transformed by humankind literally farming the ocean. Vast plankton farms have utterly abolished hunger worldwide, and whales are herded, bred and milked like cattle.
Into this watery world comes Walt Franklin - clearly a competent man, but a man with a secret. Why has he been fast-tracked into the profession? What was his previous occupation? Why does he have the support of the upper management? You will have to read it to find out.
The book covers various underwater adventures as well as the political machinations of the time. Clarke was always incredibly optimistic about the future of the human race, and this is another of his many novels where war has been abolished, and hunger has been consigned to history. Nice if it were so, but somehow I have my doubts.
The book is a nice gentle one, and is reasonably enjoyable as long as you don't expect too much from it. It does not have the wonder or high adventure of Rendezvous with Rama or 2001, but Clarke fans will find it worthwhile I think.
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