In the Abyss story
The story describes a journey to the ocean bed in a specially-designed metal sphere; the explorer within discovers a civilization of human-like creatures. It was republished in the September 1926 issue of Amazing Stories.
4 total · 4 major
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fish-like being | major | Elstead encountered intelligent, bipedal creatures with some fish-like characteristics (e.g. gills) on the ocean floor. |
| speculative submarine | major | Elstead invented an elaborate deep sea submersible steel sphere. He used it to go on a five mile descent into the ocean. |
| underwater city | major | The creatures dragged Elstead in his steel sphere to an altar inside their town and appeared to worship him as a god. |
| voyage under the sea | major | Elstead embarked on a pioneering descent to the seabed in a steel sphere, about nine feet in diameter. |