The Sunken World
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | Stanton A. Coblentz |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Roy Hunt |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Pages | 184 |
The Sunken World is a science fiction novel by author Stanton A. Coblentz. It was first published in book form in 1948 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies. The novel originally appeared in the Summer 1928 issue of the magazine Amazing Stories Quarterly. It was Coblentz's first published science fiction novel.
Plot introduction
The novel concerns Anton Harkness, the commander of an American submarine in World War I which is caught in a whirlpool which drags it to the bottom of the sea where it collides with a glass dome. The crew are rescued by the Atlanteans who live beneath the dome. Harkness falls in love with an Atlantean girl with whom he escapes after the Atlantean dome is destroyed.
Publication history
The Sunken World was originally published in the Summer 1928 issue of Amazing Stories Quarterly
- 1928, US, Amazing Stories Quarterly, Pub date Summer 1928, Magazine, reprinted Fall 1934
- 1948, US, Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc., Pub date 1948, Hardback, first book publication, reprinted 1950
- 1951, UK, Kemsley, Pub date 1951, Paperback
- 2003,mUS, Lost Continent Library, Pub date 2003, paperback reprint, ISBN 0-9727472-0-6
References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923–1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 269.
- Crawford, Jr., Joseph H.; James J. Donahue; Donald M. Grant (1953). "333", A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel. Providence, RI: The Grandon Company. p. 20. OCLC 3924496.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 106. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
- The Sunken World title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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