The Watch Below

First US edition, published by Ballantine Books. Cover art by George Ziel.

The Watch Below (1966) is a science fiction novel by British writer James White about a colony of humans stranded underwater in a sunken ship, who survive by air pockets, and a water-breathing alien species in search of a new home. The two generation ships encounter each other in the Earth's ocean.

Reception

Algis Budrys of Galaxy Science Fiction liked the novel, stating that it was the first generation ship story to expand on Robert Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky.

External links

• The Watch Below title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Watch Below at Open Library