Project Gutenberg 2013-06-09 Public domain in the USA. 133 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Creatures of the Abyss Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Creatures of the Abyss" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story follows Terry Holt, an electronics expert who, while managing the affairs of a company in Manila, finds himself entangled in the mysterious world of fishing boats and unusual sea creatures, particularly a fishing boat named "La Rubia", which has been catching an inexplicable number of fish. When a girl named Deirdre approaches him to create a device for her father's boat, their collaboration leads them into a mystery involving strange sounds and supernatural elements believed to exist in the ocean's depths. The opening of the book introduces Terry Holt, who is in the process of winding up his operations in Manila due to trouble caused by "La Rubia"’s sudden success in fishing, which has led to turmoil among local fishermen. He has a chance encounter with Deirdre, who seeks his expertise to create a special fish-driving device to help her father’s boat. Their conversation reveals tensions related to illegal fishing practices and superstitions among fishermen about underwater entities. As their relationship evolves into a partnership, the narrative sets the stage for their venture into the unknown oceanic depths, filled with enigmatic fish behaviors and potent technological devices. The opening creates intrigue and hints at supernatural mysteries that will unfold as the story progresses, blending adventure and science. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42901/42901-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Pacific Ocean -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 323724 323733 2024-09-18T05:47:03.011021 2023-09-18T14:05:02.509628 text/html text/html 323145 2013-06-09T09:54:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 185542 2013-06-09T09:54:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 193610 2024-09-18T05:47:07.493028 application/epub+zip 198566 2024-09-18T05:47:03.693026 application/epub+zip 179162 2024-09-18T05:47:03.347040 application/epub+zip 305662 2024-09-18T05:47:10.480001 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286916 2024-09-18T05:47:07.163004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267678 2022-09-19T15:09:51.417347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308097 308002 2024-09-18T05:47:02.317019 2023-09-18T14:05:01.824648 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 307823 2013-06-09T09:54:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 115150 2013-06-09T09:54:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 307816 2013-06-09T09:54:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 115102 2013-06-09T09:54:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21236 2024-09-18T05:47:10.612974 application/rdf+xml 21419 2024-09-18T05:47:03.427024 image/jpeg 3918 2024-09-18T05:47:03.387002 image/jpeg 186106 2024-09-18T05:47:03.042203 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia