What is Maritime science fiction?
[[File:Amazing stories 195608.jpg|thumb|August 1956 issue of Amazing stories]] '''Maritime science fiction''' is a [[subgenre]] of [[science fiction]] that is set in a [[maritime]] environment such as a lake, an island, an ocean or a coast and usually features futuristic maritime technology and fictional marine life forms such as seamonsters.<ref>{{cite book|title=100 Maritime Science Fiction Writing Prompts|author=Knatia Parson|date=24 September 2017|isbn=978-1547010967}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=1990|title=H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences|work=Charles C. Kolb|editor=James P. Delgado}}</ref> One of the most well-known and one of the earliest works of maritime science fiction is ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17615.Oceanic_marine_science_fiction|title=Oceanic/marine science fiction|publisher=[[goodreads]]|access-date=2016-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://best-sci-fi-books.com/top-10-underwater-science-fiction-books/|title=The Top Ten Underwater Science Fiction Books|date=20 August 2014|publisher=The Best Sci-Fi Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/fan-fare/the-other-final-frontier-why-we-need-more-science-fiction-set-under-the-ocean-6082f5fe35eb|title=The 'Other' Final Frontier: Why we need more Science Fiction set under the ocean|work=Rod T. Faulkner|date=13 December 2019|publisher=Vocal Media}}</ref> ==Film and television== {{Further|List of maritime science fiction works}} Among well known maritime science fiction films are the films ''[[The Abyss]]'', ''[[Leviathan (1989 film)|Leviathan]]'' and the film adaptations of ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''. A classic television show and cinematic film of the maritime science fiction subgenre is ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''. Later maritime science fiction TV shows include ''[[SeaQuest]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Additional reading== *{{cite web|url=http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/resear