Sea Quest DSV the Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

Diane Duane (Author), Peter Morwood (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Ace Books (November 1993)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000NKPQVA
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,458,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Diane Duane was born in New York City -- a descendant of New York's first mayor -- and worked there as a psychiatric nurse before leaving the profession for the only one she loved better, the business of writing. Since the publication of her first novel in 1981, she's written fifty more, not to mention numerous short stories, comics, computer games and screenplays for TV and film, and has picked up the occasional award here and there. (She has also worked with Star Trek in more media than anyone else alive.)

Right now she's probably best known for her "Young Wizards" series of young adult fantasy novels, featuring the New York-based wizards Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan -- in business for twenty-five years now, their most recent adventure being described in the ninth YW novel, "A Wizard of Mars" (just released in paperback).

DD shares a two hundred-year-old cottage in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland with her husband, the Belfast-born novelist and screenwriter Peter Morwood, a laid-back white cat named Goodman, and various overworked computers... an odd but congenial environment for the staging of epic battles between good and evil and the leisurely pursuit of total galactic domination. (And a lot of ethnic cooking: her own favorite foods come from the cuisines of central Europe and the Mediterranean.) In her spare time she gardens (weeding, mostly), studies German and Italian, listens to shortwave and satellite radio, and dabbles in astronomy, computer graphics, iaido, amateur cartography, and desktop publishing ... while also trying to figure out how to make more spare time.

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."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short and Sweet, March 1, 2002

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Blue-Rat "BR" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SeaQuest The Novel (Paperback)

Only 200 pages so it's a fast read, and introduces the future world of SeaQuest better than the TV show, as the narrative can get around the curse of stilted expositional dialogue. The technical aspects are much more detailed in the show, so you get some neat gimmicks explained.

The story itself is OK, Bridger and the motivation of enemy commander Marilyn Stark are explored in the most depth. The reluctance of Bridger to command drags on a bit, though.

If you enjoyed the pilot, this will add a bit more depth to the background of the show.

4.0 out of 5 stars Review, April 22, 2008

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Tammy "Tammy" (Burbank, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SeaQuest DSV: The Novel (Book 1) (Paperback)

Very descriptive depection of the pilot for the series. There are some scenes missing in the book that were added for the series, but I really like the book's focus on Bridger, and his feelings (internal thoughts) about being tricked into 'touring' the seaQuest.

A must have for any seaQuest fan.

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK*************!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, October 4, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: SeaQuest DSV: The Novel (Book 1) (Paperback)

This is a great book to read for people of all ages and people. It keeps yopu guessing and keep reading. I'm not much of a reader and stil finished the book in less then a week. I highly reccomend this book fo a class project, bcause you will have fun with it and still get the job done.