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This is a collection of science fiction novels, comic books, films, television series and video games that take place either partially or primarily underwater. They prominently featuremaritime andunderwater environments, or other underwater aspects from thenautical fiction genre, as inJules Verne's classic 1870 novelTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.

• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas byJules Verne (1870)
• The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (1875)
• "In the Abyss" byH. G. Wells (1896 short story)
• Master of the World by Jules Verne (1904)
• The Scarlet Empire byDavid M. Parry (1906)
• Der Tunnel byBernhard Kellermann (1913)
• Beyond Thirty byEdgar Rice Burroughs (1916)
• The Sunken World byStanton A Coblentz (1928)
• The Maracot Deep byArthur Conan Doyle (1929)
• Attack from Atlantis byLester del Rey (1953)
• The Deep Range byArthur C. Clarke (1953 short story; 1957 novel)
• The Kraken Wakes byJohn Wyndham (1953)^[1]
• The Dragon in the Sea byFrank Herbert (1956)^[1]
• Dolphin Island byArthur C. Clarke (1963)
• The Drowned World byJ. G. Ballard (1966)
• Tunnel Through the Deeps byHarry Harrison (1972)
• The Godwhale byT. J. Bass (1974)
• The Illuminatus! Trilogy byRobert Anton Wilson andRobert Shea (1975)
• Startide Rising byDavid Brin (1983)^[1]
• Deep Wizardry byDiane Duane (1985)
• Sphere byMichael Crichton (1987)^[1]
• Rocheworld byRobert L. Forward (1990)^[2]
• Undersea Trilogy byFrederik Pohl andJack Williamson (1992, omnibus edition)
• Animorphs byK.A. Applegate (1996–2001; only books 4, 15, 27, and 36)
• Rifters Trilogy byPeter Watts (1999-2004)
• Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror bySteve Alten (1997)
• The Trench bySteve Alten (1999)
• Goliath by Steve Alten (2002)
• The Scar byChina Mieville (2002)^[1]
• Meg: Primal Waters by Steve Alten (2004)
• The Swarm byFrank Schätzing (2004)^[1]
• Camouflage byJoe Haldeman (2004)^[1]
• The Loch by Steve Alten (2005)
• Meg: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten (2009)
• Low comics series byRick Remender and Greg Rocchini (2014–2020)
• Meg: Nightstalkers by Steve Alten (2016)
• Meg: Generations by Steve Alten (2018)
• Daughter of the Deep byRick Riordan (2021)

• The Impossible Voyage (1904)
• Under the Seas (1907)
• The Tunnel (1915)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
• The Mysterious Island (1929)
• Der Tunnel (1933)
• Le Tunnel (1933)
• The Tunnel (1935)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
• Invention for Destruction (1958)
• The Atomic Submarine (1959)
• On the Beach (1959)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
• Atragon (1963)
• City Under the Sea (1965)
• Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
• Destination Inner Space (1966)
• Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
• Hello Down There (1969)
• Latitude Zero (1969)
• City Beneath the Sea (1971)
• The Neptune Factor (1973)
• Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
• The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985)
• The Abyss (1989)
• DeepStar Six (1989)
• Leviathan (1989)
• Lords of the Deep (1989)
• The Rift (1990)
• Waterworld (1995)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997,Hallmark)
• Alien Resurrection (1997)
• Sphere (1998)
• Deep Blue Sea (1999)
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001, animated)
• Deep Shock (2003)
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
• Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015, animated)
• Deep (2017, animated)
• Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
• Aquaman (2018)
• Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis (2018, animated)
• DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis (2018, animated)
• The Meg (2018), based on the Steve Alten novel series
• Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020)
• Underwater (2020)
• Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
• The Black Demon (2023)
• Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
• Iron Lung (upcoming)

• Tales of Adventure (1952)
• Stingray (1964 series)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968 series)
• Captain Fathom (1965)
• Sealab 2020 (1972 series)
• Captain Nemo (1975 miniseries)
• The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo (1975)
• Man from Atlantis (1977–1978 series)
• The Return of Captain Nemo (1978)
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990–1991 series)
• Willy Fog 2 (1993)
• seaQuest DSV (1993–1996 series,episodes)
• Ocean Girl (1994–1997 series,episodes)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 miniseries)
• Sealab 2021 (2000–2005 series,episodes)
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (2004)
• The Deep (2010 miniseries)
• The Deep (2015–2021 series)
• Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020 series)
• Yakamoz S-245 (2022)
• Nautilus (2024)

• Journey Through the Impossible (1882)

• Subwar 2050 (1993)
• seaQuest DSV (1994)
• X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995)
• Archimedean Dynasty (1996)
• Deadly Tide (1996)
• Sub Culture (1997)
• The Abyss: Incident at Europa (1998)
• Deep Fear (1998)
• Submarine Titans (2000)
• AquaNox franchise (2001–2020)
• The Secret of the Nautilus (2002)
• Ever 17: The Out of Infinity (2002)
• BioShock (2007)
• BioShock 2 (2010)
• BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea (2013–14)
• Subnautica (2014)
• SOMA (2015)
• Subnautica: Below Zero (2019)
• In Other Waters (2020)
• Iron Lung (2022)
• Barotrauma (2023)

• Lego Aquazone (1995–1998)
• Lego Aqua Raiders (2007–08)
• Lego Atlantis (2010–11)
• BIONICLE (2007 only)

• Nautical fiction
• Adaptations ofTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
• Captain Nemo, Jules Verne character
• Nautilus, Verne's fictional submarine
• Aquaman, aDC Comics character
  • Aquaman in other media
• Mermaids in popular culture
• Atlantis in popular culture

• Five fantastic nautical science fiction novels
• Underwater Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure and Thriller Films onIMDb
• The Top 10 Underwater Science Fiction Books

• 1870 introductions
• Lists of science fiction films
• Nautical fiction
• Science fiction studies
• Science fiction television series
• Science fiction games
• Science fiction genres
• Underwater fiction

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