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A Darkling Sea

James L. Cambias

Fiction

A 2014 hard-SF first-contact debut set beneath the ice of an alien ocean world, where human explorers, blind native Ilmatarans, and a third species (the Sholen) collide. Raymond praised it as the best first SF novel he had read in years and a model of the classic Campbellian sense-of-wonder he prizes in science fiction.

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  • Eric Raymond
    “All in all, highly recommended. This is much the best first SF novel I've read in the last few years, and leads me to expect good craftsmanship from Cambias in the future.”

    Full book review 'Review: A Darkling Sea' on his blog Armed and Dangerous; he calls it 'a tense, well-constructed SF novel of first contact, done in the classic Campbellian style.'

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