Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets

Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the
inappropriately-named Earth.

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On 12/10/2023 13.19, James Nicoll wrote:
> Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets
>
> Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the
> inappropriately-named Earth.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/10/12/water-worlds-classic-sf-set-on-ocean-planets/

The isfdb tells me that "Grimm's Story", the original form of _Tatja
Grimm's World_, first appeared in _Orbit 4_, which shoots my long-held
belief that Vinge had most of set on a traveling publisher of pulp SF
specifically to pander to editors of SF magazines.

Doc Smith had a few stories set, at least in part, on water worlds.

"Triplanetary" sent our hero and his maiden to Nevia, where they battled
against not only the "Nevians", but also against the "semi-intelligent
fishes of the lower deeps". The latter actually had some kewl weapons, as
one would expect from Smith.

In _Skylark Three_, the Skylarkers spent a chapter visiting "the
porpoise-men of Dasor", one of whom later traveled with them, and made
the announcement that triggered the Fenachrone emperor into a rash
action.

Caveat: In both of these, the protagonists interacted with the indigenous
population only in locations where the water was pretty shallow.

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Michael F. Stemper
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In article <ug9hhu$2luu0$1@dont-email.me>,
Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/10/2023 13.19, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets
>>
>> Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the
>> inappropriately-named Earth.
>>
>> https://www.tor.com/2023/10/12/water-worlds-classic-sf-set-on-ocean-planets/
>
>The isfdb tells me that "Grimm's Story", the original form of _Tatja
>Grimm's World_, first appeared in _Orbit 4_, which shoots my long-held
>belief that Vinge had most of set on a traveling publisher of pulp SF
>specifically to pander to editors of SF magazines.
>
>Doc Smith had a few stories set, at least in part, on water worlds.
>
>"Triplanetary" sent our hero and his maiden to Nevia, where they battled
>against not only the "Nevians", but also against the "semi-intelligent
>fishes of the lower deeps". The latter actually had some kewl weapons, as
>one would expect from Smith.
>
>In _Skylark Three_, the Skylarkers spent a chapter visiting "the
>porpoise-men of Dasor", one of whom later traveled with them, and made
>the announcement that triggered the Fenachrone emperor into a rash
>action.
>
>Caveat: In both of these, the protagonists interacted with the indigenous
>population only in locations where the water was pretty shallow.

[Hal Heydt]
_The Duchess of Kneedep_. A nearly world wide ocean that is
rather shollow in most places.

On Thursday, 12 October 2023 at 21:47:37 UTC+1, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <ug9hhu$2luu0$1...@dont-email.me>,
> Michael F. Stemper <michael...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On 12/10/2023 13.19, James Nicoll wrote:
> >> Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets
> >>
> >> Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the
> >> inappropriately-named Earth.
> >>
> >> https://www.tor.com/2023/10/12/water-worlds-classic-sf-set-on-ocean-planets/
> >
> >The isfdb tells me that "Grimm's Story", the original form of _Tatja
> >Grimm's World_, first appeared in _Orbit 4_, which shoots my long-held
> >belief that Vinge had most of set on a traveling publisher of pulp SF
> >specifically to pander to editors of SF magazines.
> >
> >Doc Smith had a few stories set, at least in part, on water worlds.
> >
> >"Triplanetary" sent our hero and his maiden to Nevia, where they battled
> >against not only the "Nevians", but also against the "semi-intelligent
> >fishes of the lower deeps". The latter actually had some kewl weapons, as
> >one would expect from Smith.
> >
> >In _Skylark Three_, the Skylarkers spent a chapter visiting "the
> >porpoise-men of Dasor", one of whom later traveled with them, and made
> >the announcement that triggered the Fenachrone emperor into a rash
> >action.
> >
> >Caveat: In both of these, the protagonists interacted with the indigenous
> >population only in locations where the water was pretty shallow.
> [Hal Heydt]
> _The Duchess of Kneedep_. A nearly world wide ocean that is
> rather shollow in most places.

I think I heard that one or more of Earth's ancient
supercontinents was pretty swampy. If all over,
and if so, I don't know how that's known.

On Terry Pratchett's Discworld,
<https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Ku>
is the famous Lost Continent which abruptly
sank in just thirty years. "Its inhabitants spent
a lot of time wading. It has gone down in Disc
history as one of the multiverse's most
embarrassing continental catastrophes."

On 12/10/2023 15.38, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <ug9hhu$2luu0$1@dont-email.me>,
> Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/10/2023 13.19, James Nicoll wrote:
>>> Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets
>>>
>>> Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the
>>> inappropriately-named Earth.
>>>
>>> https://www.tor.com/2023/10/12/water-worlds-classic-sf-set-on-ocean-planets/

>> Doc Smith had a few stories set, at least in part, on water worlds.

>> Caveat: In both of these, the protagonists interacted with the indigenous
>> population only in locations where the water was pretty shallow.
>
> [Hal Heydt]
> _The Duchess of Kneedep_.

Is it possible that there should be four instances of the letter "e" in
that last word?

--
Michael F. Stemper
If it isn't running programs and it isn't fusing atoms, it's just bending space.

On Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 2:19:19 PM UTC-4, James Nicoll wrote:
> Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets
>
> Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the
> inappropriately-named Earth.
>
> https://www.tor.com/2023/10/12/water-worlds-classic-sf-set-on-ocean-planets/

"The Blue World" is one of Jack Vance's lesser (IMO) novels. Notable in my
case mainly because two of the islands were named after chess grandmasters
of the early 20th century.

William Hyde

In article <ugbjha$37icn$1@dont-email.me>,
Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/10/2023 15.38, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <ug9hhu$2luu0$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/10/2023 13.19, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>> Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets
>>>>
>>>> Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the
>>>> inappropriately-named Earth.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.tor.com/2023/10/12/water-worlds-classic-sf-set-on-ocean-planets/
>
>>> Doc Smith had a few stories set, at least in part, on water worlds.
>
>>> Caveat: In both of these, the protagonists interacted with the indigenous
>>> population only in locations where the water was pretty shallow.
>>
>> [Hal Heydt]
>> _The Duchess of Kneedep_.
>
>Is it possible that there should be four instances of the letter "e" in
>that last word?

[Hal Heydt]
Indeed there should be.