{"product_id":"the-bathysphere-book-effects-of-the-luminous-ocean-depths-paperback","title":"The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrad Fox\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2024 National Book Foundation's Science + Literature Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Washington Post top 10 best book of 2023 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e best nonfiction book of 2023 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hypnotic . . . Beautifully written and beautifully made.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eW. M. Akers, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"one of the most beautiful books-as-objects of the year\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...one of the most fascinating and unusual new books I've read in some time.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Shull, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...a weird and often beautiful fusion of science writing, history and poetry that explores our own relationship with the unknown...\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eEdward Posnett, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mesmerizing . . . Original and often profound, [\u003ci\u003eThe Bathysphere Book\u003c\/i\u003e] is a moving testament to the wonders of exploration.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Imbued with the adventurous spirit of science and exploration . . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Bathysphere Book\u003c\/i\u003e is] an enchanting cabinet of curiosities.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA wide ranging, philosophical, and sensual account of early deep sea exploration and its afterlives, \u003ci\u003eThe Bathysphere Book\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the first ever voyage to the deep ocean in 1930 and expands to explore the adventures and entanglements of its all-too-human participants at a time when the world still felt entirely new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1930, aboard a ship floating near the Atlantic island of Nonsuch, marine biologist Gloria Hollister sat on a crate, writing furiously in a notebook with a telephone receiver pressed to her ear. The phone line was attached to a steel cable that plunged 3,000 feet into the sea. There, suspended by the cable, dangled a four-and-a-half-foot steel ball called the bathysphere. Crumpled inside, gazing through three-inch quartz windows at the undersea world, was Hollister's colleague William Beebe. He called up to her, describing previously unseen creatures, explosions of bioluminescence, and strange effects of light and color.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom this momentous first encounter with the unknown depths, \u003ci\u003eThe Bathysphere Book \u003c\/i\u003ewidens its scope to explore a transforming and deeply paradoxical America, as the first great skyscrapers rose above New York City and the Great Plains baked to dust. In prose that is magical, atmospheric, and entirely engrossing, Brad Fox dramatizes new visions of our planetary home, delighting in tales of the colorful characters who surrounded, supported, and participated in the dives--from groundbreaking scientists and gallivanting adventurers to eugenicist billionaires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bathysphere Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a hypnotic assemblage of brief chapters along with over fifty full-color images, records from the original bathysphere logbooks, and the moving story of surreptitious romance between Beebe and Hollister that anchors their exploration. Brad Fox blurs the line between poetry and research, unearthing and rendering a visionary meeting with the unknown.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrad Fox is a writer living in New York. His novel, \u003ci\u003eTo Remain Nameless\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Rescue Press in 2020. His stories, articles, and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublic Domain Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Whitney Biennial. He has worked as a researcher and story consultant for novelists and filmmakers, and he had an earlier career as a journalist and relief worker in the Balkans, Mexico, the Arab world, and Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987477332269,"sku":"9781662603259","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/D4aYzy59G49781662603259.webp?v=1776178941","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-bathysphere-book-effects-of-the-luminous-ocean-depths-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}