Maritime science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is set in a maritime environment such as a lake or an ocean and usually features fictional marine technology and fictional marine lifeforms. The best known and earliest work of maritime science fiction is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Film and television Among well known maritime science fiction films are the films The Abyss, Leviathan and the film adaptations of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A classic television show of the maritime science fiction subgenre is Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Later maritime science fiction TV shows include SeaQuest.
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