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''The Sunken World'' is a
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
novel by American writer Stanton A. Coblentz. It was first published in book form in 1948
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** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
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by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies. The novel originally appeared in the Summer 1928 issue of the magazine ''Amazing Stories Quarterly
''Amazing Stories Quarterly'' was a U.S. science fiction pulp magazine that was published between 1928 and 1934. It was launched by Hugo Gernsback as a companion to his ''Amazing Stories'', the first science fiction magazine, which had begun pu ...
''. It was Coblentz's first published science fiction novel.
Plot introduction
The novel concerns Anton Harkness, the commander of an American submarine in World War I which is caught in a whirlpool which drags it to the bottom of the sea where it collides with a glass dome. The crew are rescued by the Atlanteans who live beneath the dome. Harkness falls in love with an Atlantean girl with whom he escapes after the Atlantean dome is destroyed.
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* 1928 American novels 1928 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Atlantis in fiction Works originally published in Amazing Stories Works by Stanton A. Coblentz Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. books {{1940s-sf-novel-stub