It has taken a long time, but humankind has won its battle against the sea. Now, professionals harvest plankton with which to feed the world, but like space, the sea has not yielded all its secrets, and men such as Franklin, the protagonist of this tale, will never rest until all its fathomless mysteries have been challenged.
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'Brings the future to life before your very eyes' SUNDAY TIMES
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Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as an RAF radar instructor, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. After the war he won a BSc in physics and mathematics with first class honours from King's College, London. One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he also 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 lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death in 2008. To discover more about how the legacy of Sir Arthur is being honoured today, please visit http://www.clarkefoundation.org
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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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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. RENDEVOUS WITH RAMA was interesting but empty, THE HAMMER OF GOD was just empty, and THE GHOST FROM THE GRAND BANKS downright boring. Only A FALL OF MOONDUST had any kind of strong story and excitement to it.
THE DEEP RANGE tells the story of Walter Franklin, an ex-spaceman who, after a terrifying accident in space, is re-assigned to work under Earths seas, protecting and nurturing whales for eventual processing into food and other products. The novel starts by introducing Franklin to his job and his new peers and sets up a mini- mystery of what his big space nightmare was. Here he trains for a job as a warden, falls in love and attempts suicide.
The second part of the novel, his life as a warden of the seas is perhaps the best part. After locating a mysterious echo on his submarines sonar, Franklin becomes highly interested in the Great Sea Serpent and mounts an expedition to discover it. Midway he has another job to lure and catch a huge squid nicknamed Percy that is attacking and killing whales.
The stuff about sea monsters is great and very enticing, hinting at Clarkes personal interest in the subject, but ultimately it goes nowhere. This string of the book is what is promised on the back blurb, and the story simply fails to deliver, with the whole sea-monster angle forgotten in the third and final part. Here Franklin has been promoted to the Director of his company and has to head off a major debate by Buddhism that killing whales for food is wrong. But in the end, after a lifetime of working in the seas, where do his alignments lie...... Read more ›
THE DEEP RANGE tells the story of Walter Franklin, an ex-spaceman who, after a terrifying accident in space, is re-assigned to work under Earths seas, protecting and nurturing whales for eventual processing into food and other products. The novel starts by introducing Franklin to his job and his new peers and sets up a mini- mystery of what his big space nightmare was. Here he trains for a job as a warden, falls in love and attempts suicide.
The second part of the novel, his life as a warden of the seas is perhaps the best part. After locating a mysterious echo on his submarines sonar, Franklin becomes highly interested in the Great Sea Serpent and mounts an expedition to discover it. Midway he has another job to lure and catch a huge squid nicknamed Percy that is attacking and killing whales.
The stuff about sea monsters is great and very enticing, hinting at Clarkes personal interest in the subject, but ultimately it goes nowhere. This string of the book is what is promised on the back blurb, and the story simply fails to deliver, with the whole sea-monster angle forgotten in the third and final part. Here Franklin has been promoted to the Director of his company and has to head off a major debate by Buddhism that killing whales for food is wrong. But in the end, after a lifetime of working in the seas, where do his alignments lie...... Read more ›
By W. Robinson
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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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