[[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>
The best known and earliest work 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==
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==Additional reading==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2016-09-26-marine-science-through-the-eyes-of-sci-fi.html|title=Marine science through the eyes of Sci-Fi|work=Andrew Merrie|publisher=Stockholm Resilience Center, [[Stockholm University]]}}
*{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52615e54e4b051d1915a8890/t/580f2b819de4bb7cf172deae/1477389185934/Deep+Ocean+Robotics+Competition+PR+10-25-2016+FINAL.pdf|title=Meuseum of Science Fiction to hold Deep Ocean Research and Robotics Competition|work=Nico Pandi}}
==Other websites==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.southernfriedscience.com/5-fantastic-nautical-science-fiction-novels/|title=5 fantastic nautical science fiction novels|work=Andrew David Thaler ([[marine biologist]])|date=27 January 2014|publisher=Southern Fried Science}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/under_the_sea|title=Under the Sea|publisher=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.tribality.com/2015/08/19/oceans-the-final-frontier-aquatic-inspiration-for-science-fiction-part-1/|title=Oceans, The Final Frontier: Aquatic Inspiration for Science Fiction|work=Richard Howard|date=19 August 2015|publisher=tribality}}
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