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toothandnail · 11-27-21, 01:45 PM

Hello everyone!

I spent my unemployed pandemic time writing a submarine novel. It has
reached a point where it is a complete and revised book, and it is now ready
for some constructive feedback from test readers. A novel is a kind of
submarine simulator, isn't it?

If you are interested, you can one-click download a free copy in epub, pdf,
html, or markdown source-code format here:

https://bysoundalone.net/

And look! It comes with diagrams I made too!:

How can anyone resist a submarine story that has diagrams?

What's it like?

Well, it's kind of an alternative-history book (though don't take that to mean
what "alternative-history" usually means -- Hitler didn't win the war in this
book). Here, the political conditions on the surface of the planet have
degraded to the point where global trade is forced to be carried out by cargo
submarines. This book is the story of one of those cargo subs.

So it's not much like other submarine stories. It might have more in common
with 1970s trucker movies than 1950s submarine movies.

Despite being vividly a fictional tale, I tried very hard to make sure the
submarine technology in it is realistic and believable for a submarine
sometime just after WWII. I did a lot of research and, unless I screwed up,
there should be nothing in the book that isn't totally viable for a submarine
from that period. (Having said that, almost everything I know about
submarine tech I learned from playing way too much of the rogue-like
Sub Commander. Thanks @TheGeoff for putting that in my life!)

This book contains no super-futuristic, imagined, or "magic" technology. I
think for someone who understands the basics of how mid-century subs
worked, there will be a lot of rewarding details because of all the research I
did. At the same time, I tried to make this book an accessible page-turner.
And it is action packed!

If you read it, reach out to me via PM, through github, or
through email. I have a number of specific things I'm interested in gathering
feedback on.

And if you read it, you know, thanks! Thanks so much!

11-27-21, 01:45 PM	#1
toothandnail Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: New York City Posts: 11 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wrote a novel about cargo submarines. I need submarine geeks for test readers! Hello everyone! I spent my unemployed pandemic time writing a submarine novel. It has reached a point where it is a complete and revised book, and it is now ready for some constructive feedback from test readers. A novel is a kind of submarine simulator, isn't it? If you are interested, you can one-click download a free copy in epub, pdf, html, or markdown source-code format here: https://bysoundalone.net/ And look! It comes with diagrams I made too!: How can anyone resist a submarine story that has diagrams? What's it like? Well, it's kind of an alternative-history book (though don't take that to mean what "alternative-history" usually means -- Hitler didn't win the war in this book). Here, the political conditions on the surface of the planet have degraded to the point where global trade is forced to be carried out by cargo submarines. This book is the story of one of those cargo subs. So it's not much like other submarine stories. It might have more in common with 1970s trucker movies than 1950s submarine movies. Despite being vividly a fictional tale, I tried very hard to make sure the submarine technology in it is realistic and believable for a submarine sometime just after WWII. I did a lot of research and, unless I screwed up, there should be nothing in the book that isn't totally viable for a submarine from that period. (Having said that, almost everything I know about submarine tech I learned from playing way too much of the rogue-like Sub Commander. Thanks @TheGeoff for putting that in my life!) This book contains no super-futuristic, imagined, or "magic" technology. I think for someone who understands the basics of how mid-century subs worked, there will be a lot of rewarding details because of all the research I did. At the same time, I tried to make this book an accessible page-turner. And it is action packed! If you read it, reach out to me via PM, through github, or through email. I have a number of specific things I'm interested in gathering feedback on. And if you read it, you know, thanks! Thanks so much! Last edited by toothandnail; 01-17-24 at 03:14 PM.