Seaquest DSV

SeaQuest DSV #1

by Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Rockne S. O'Bannon (Story/Teleplay)

Retired Captain Nathan Bridger is induced to take command of the "seaQuest," the most advanced submarine in existence in 2018, as she seeks a renegade submarine commanded by the previous captain

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Media Tie In, Science Fiction Fantasy, Tv, Adventure, Novels

230 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1993

About the author

Diane Duane has been a writer of science fiction, fantasy, TV and film for nearly fifty years.

Besides the 1980's creation of the Young Wizards fantasy series for which she's best known, the "Middle Kingdoms" epic fantasy series, and numerous stand-alone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the Star Trek TM universe, and many scripts for live-action and animated TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as work in comics and computer games. She has spent a fair amount of time on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has picked up various awards and award nominations here and there.

She lives in Ireland's County Wicklow, in the house she long shared with her much-missed husband of forty years, the screenwriter and novelist Peter Morwood.

Her favorite color is blue, her favorite food is a weird kind of Swiss scrambled-potato dish called maluns, she was born in a Year of the Dragon, and her sign is "Runway 24 Left, Hold For Clearance."

(From her official website)

Reviews

[Andrew Beet]

Loved this book it was good to read the novelization of the pilot episode as I am
rewatching season 1 on DVD it was good to see some scenes that weren't in the finished episode

[Mimi]

3.5 rounded up.
I loved this series back in the day. It was nice visiting again.

[Karen Ford]

Very good adaptation of the pilot movie co-written by a veteran Star Trek novel author. Making the book more interesting is the look into the thoughts and motivations of Captain Bridger, whose deaths of his son and wife make him reluctant to take control of the SeaQuest, even though he is the most qualified man for the job. There is a great scene retold superbly in the book about him agonizing over sending his last friend, the dolphin Darwin, on a potentially suicidal mission.

Recommended as a good action SF book even if one doesn't remember the classic tv series.

[Flockewollke]

Eigentlich eine sehr spannende Geschichte, zwischen drin aber durchaus etwas langweiliger und schwieriger zu lesen. Ich habe das Buch ausgewählt, da ich es witzig fand, dass es in 2018 spielt und wollte wissen was für Vorstellungen von Science Fiction man früher hatte. Nun, vieles das im Buch als altertümlich beschrieben wird existiert noch heute und vieles das als modernste Technologie zählt wird noch einige Jahre brauchen bis es wirklich verfügbar ist.

Es war aber sehr spannend eine Geschichte auf dem eigenen Planeten mit zu erleben und vor allem Unterwasser statt immer im Weltall.

Da das Buch noch in alter deutscher Rechtschreibung geschrieben ist war es etwas anstrengend zu lesen, weshalb es nur 2,5 Sterne verdient hat, ohne das wären es durchaus 3.

[Dustin]

A decent novelization of the pilot episode of seaQuest DSV. There's a few important scenes missing, notably when Bridger arrives at the seaQuest and meets the crew the first time. It almost felt like a few pages were missing, but that's just the way it was written. A bit disappointing for that, but otherwise it was pretty faithful. Good book, good TV show.

[Natnat337]

Really enjoyed this; used to love the TV show!

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[Filipe Passos-Coelho]

I wanted to get some ideas to run Blue Planet RPG session, and I just remembered this TV show from when I was really wee. I have since watched half of the pilot (from with this story is derived) and I couldn't because the book is superior. It is a short read, maybe longer than it would be because it does feel like it is setting up the TV show's, but it is competent, tells a good story, has enough of a plot upset that makes it not be entirely linear and boringly predictable. And that's pretty much it. A fun setting and concept, that could be better if there was more space for a more ambitious novel to come to be.
As its own product, 6/10
As a novelization, that improves on the pilot: 8/10

[Vorik]

Die Fernsehserie hatte ich zuletzt in den 90iger Jahren gesehen, und dank dieser Romanfassung des Pilotfilms kamen auch einige Erinnerungen wieder zurück. Ich hatte ein einfaches Science-Fiction-Abenteuer ohne viel Anspruch erwartet, und siehe da, das Büchlein war dann doch sehr unterhaltsam. Vor allem die Zeichnung der Figur des Captain Bridger hat mir über weite Teile des Buches gefallen. Sicher, die Beweggründe des Bösewichts sind recht einfältig; das laste ich aber eher den Drehbuchautoren als dem Schriftstellerduo an. Letztere zeichnen wohl für die recht saloppe Sprache im letzten Viertel des Romans verantwortlich. Fazit: Wer die Serie mochte und nicht all zu hohe literarische Ansprüche stellt, wird hier (mit vielen nostalgischen Momenten) gut unterhalten.

[J.W. Donley]

I loved this show as a kid! I never knew there were books until I came across them in a thrift store a couple months ago.

This particular book was a retelling of the pilot episode. It was interesting getting close 3rd person POV on the characters from both sides of the fight.

The book wasn't the most amazing work of fiction, but I still enjoyed it, I think mostly b/c I'm a sucker for SeaQuest. I'll be reading the other 2 books in the future.

I highly recommend this for any other millennials who loved to watch SeaQuest in the 90s.

[Sascha Vennemann]

Der Pilotfilm der Serie als Roman, der erstaunlich viel aus dem umgesetzten Drehbuch weglässt, aber auch an wenigen Stellen interessante und stimmige Details hinzufügt (beispielsweise die Namen und die einzelnen Spezialaufgaben der drei "Whiskers" sowie Näheres zu den verstorbenen Familienmitgliedern Bridgers.) Alles in allem geht das in Ordnung, ich freue mich aber auf die beiden Folgebände mit neuen, in der Serie nicht umgesetzten Unterwasser-Abenteuern.

[Adrián]

Interesante lo el del universo del SeaQuest que tan buenos momentos me dió en su época de emisión en TVE en los veranos de mi juventud... Libro que nos narra cómo la mejor nave que surca los océanos recibe la visita del capitán... Y como en cualquiera de sus episodios pasa cosas que no desvelaré para dejar a los lectores con la intriga.

[Lyle Blosser]

It's been quite a while since I had watched the show, so this re-telling of the pilot episode was a good read as some of the details from the series had gone a bit fuzzy from age. I thought the authors fleshed out the characters quite well (human and dolphin alike), and the tension-filled plot kept things moving right along.

[Kevin Bonneville]

L adaptions du pilote de cette série. En plein ce que j attends d une adaptions, qu'on creuse les motivations des personnages sans avoir peur s'ennuyer les téléspectateurs.

Un plus pour les fans de cette vieille série. Mais passable pour les autres, bien qu'ayant aucun temps mort.

[Adam Clark]

Among the better examples of pilot episodes turned into novels. I read it because of nostalgia for the inaccessible tv series (I’m not subscribing to every streaming service FFS), and it works well in book form.

[Tim Gray]

Decent novelization of a show I had almost forgotten - if you were a fan this might well rate a 4 or even a 5!

[Wetdryvac Wetdryvac]

Pretty decent.

[Lynette]

Several names and details were different from the show. It seemed like it was poorly edited, as we saw scenes with characters that hadn't been introduced to us (our first glimpse of Lucas is something like, "Lucas was now wearing a jacket over his flannel shirt"). Anyone who hadn't already seen the show would be confused.

[Matt Mazenauer]

It has been so long since I've seen SeaQuest i'm not sure if this is an adaptation or an original story. Either way it's a fun adventure, more fun than my faint memories of the show. I'd recommend it for a quick read.

[Sheila Myers]

I read this book after watching the first season of the television show. There are some differences between the book and the series premiere, but I feel the book is a lot better. The reader will learn much more about the characters.

[Janine]

Seaquest was and still is one of my favorite shows. I still random marathons. It still holds up. This book was great and I wish they had continued the series.

[Christine]

I probably rated this higher than I should have for the nostalgia value. I was a big seaQuest fan as a kid.

[RumBelle]

This is a well done novelization of the two part opening to SeaQuest DSV. The novel fills in some of the backstory of the characters, and adds a lot more depth to present day events within the story.