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| Author | Arthur C. Clarke |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Gollancz (UK) Holt, Rinehart and Winston (US) |
| Publication date | 1964 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 186 |
Dolphin Island: A Story of the People of the Sea is a children's novel by Arthur C. Clarke first published in 1964.
Plot summary
Late one night (in the world of the future), a giant cargo hovership makes an emergency landing somewhere in the middle of the United States and an enterprising teenager named Johnny Clinton stows away on it. A few hours later, the craft crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The crew ("even the ship's cat") is offloaded onto lifeboats, leaving Johnny (who, as a stowaway, was not on the ship's manifest) adrift in the flotsam from the wreckage. His life is saved by the "People of the Sea"—dolphins. A school of these fantastic creatures guides him to an island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Johnny becomes involved with the work of a strange and fascinating research community where a brilliant professor tries to communicate with dolphins. Johnny learns skindiving and survives a typhoon—only to risk his life again, immediately afterwards, to get medical help for the people on the island.
See also
- John C. Lilly, dolphin communication and psychedelics researcher
- List of underwater science fiction works
References
- Rozwadowski, Helen M. (2012). "Arthur C. Clarke and the Limitations of the Ocean as a Frontier". Environmental History. 17 (3). Forest History Society: 587. doi:10.1093/envhis/ems046. JSTOR 23212360.
External links
- Dolphin Island title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- 1964 British novels
- 1964 science fiction novels
- Novels by Arthur C. Clarke
- British science fiction novels
- Victor Gollancz Ltd books
- Children's novels about animals
- Fiction about dolphins
- Novels about stowaways
- Novels set in Queensland
- British children's novels
- 1964 children's books
- 1960s science fiction novel stubs