Involution Ocean

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

File:InvolutionOcean.jpg
First edition (publ. Jove Books)

Involution Ocean is a science-fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling, published in 1977.

Plot summary

[edit | edit source]

Involution Ocean is a novel about a drug addict who joins the crew of a whaling ship on the planet Nullaqua when the drug is outlawed, to get near the whales which are the source of the drug.[1] The premise is influenced by Moby Dick by Herman Melville.[2]

Reception

[edit | edit source]

Howard Thompson reviewed Involution Ocean in The Space Gamer No. 15.[1] Thompson commented that "Sterling's plot and world hang together in believable fashion if you ignore science."[1]

Reviews

[edit | edit source]
  • Review by Larry Niven (1978) in Science Fiction Review, May 1978[3]
  • Review by Richard E. Geis (1978) in Science Fiction Review, July 1978[4]
  • Review by Tom Hosty (1979) in Foundation, #15 January 1979[5]
  • Review by Joseph Nicholas (1979) in Paperback Parlour, December 1979
  • Review [French] by Roger Bozzetto (1980) in Fiction, #306
  • Review [German] by Joachim Körber? (1981) in SF Perry Rhodan Magazin, 1/81
  • Review [German] by Heinz J. Baldowé? (1981) in Science Fiction Times, #150 September/Oktober 1981
  • Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
  • Review by Martyn Taylor (1989) in Paperback Inferno, #77
  • Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
  • Kliatt[6]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).