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bobpony's review against another edition
3.0
I picked up a stack of old scifi paperbacks a year or so ago, this one was in the pile. I liked the cover, so I started it this morning. A very quick read, it's only 130 pages. It's a bit dated, but it's still a very entertaining story. There's some deep sea exploration, and it's well told. It reminded me, in feeling, of Sphere or The Abyss, if those were done in the 60's. It's not too fanciful, but it does extend technology a bit from where we were in the 50's. I really enjoyed the mystery of the first half of the book. The second half of the book concerns an alien that is jump-starting his plan to enslave all of humanity. That's a bit more like the Puppet Masters/Body Snatchers, or even King's Tommyknockers. But it's much shorter, crisper, and adventure driven than those other works. I really did get an early 60's 'Johnny Quest' vibe through a lot of this, it felt like a story of scientists and adventure-men off having adventure-time! With maybe a little Doctor Strangelove mixed in...just that era of story telling. I enjoyed it quite a lot, and could see where this short novel could be fleshed out into a more substantial work today. It's worth a look if you can find it.
kb_208's review against another edition
3.0
Actually a pretty fun Brunner book. Not overly complicated or long like his more famous novels, but still enjoyable. It tells of a creature that was stuck in the Atlantic 100,000 years ago. It kept humans as slaves using telepathic punishment. An underwater excavation team digs up the creature and it wakes up to continue its domination over humans. But it hasn't anticipated people advancing so much during this time.
justiceofkalr's review against another edition
3.0
It's fine. Definitely not up to the level of The Sheep Look Up, but just some decent older sci-fi.
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