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The Ocean of the Blind

James L. Cambias

First published April 2004
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Human explorers on a water planet observe at a distance the natives who use echolocation as their primary sense, until one tries to use a special stealth diving suit to approach closely without being detected.

Notes

Per the SFE page on this author, "A Darkling Sea [has] parts of the tale being based on an earlier story, The Ocean of the Blind".

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Publications (10)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 2004 Cover The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2004 Spilogale, Inc. MAGAZINE 7
July 2005 Cover The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC Anthology 628
July 2005 Cover The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 505
July 2005 Cover The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 505
July 2005 Cover The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
September 2005 Cover The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology
February 2006 The Ocean of the Blind Fictionwise Chapbook
March 2012 Cover The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology |505
December 2024 Cover Depth Charge Baen Books Anthology |11
December 2024 Cover Depth Charge Baen Books Anthology |11