{{short description|1966 science fiction novel by James White}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} [[File:TheWatchBelow.jpg|thumb|First US edition, published by Ballantine Books. Cover art by George Ziel.]] '''''The Watch Below''''' (1966) is a science fiction novel by British writer James White about a colony of humans stranded underwater in a sunken ship, who survive by air pockets, and a water-breathing alien species in search of a new home. The two generation ships encounter each other in the Earth's ocean.
==Reception== Algis Budrys of ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' liked the novel, stating that it was the first generation ship story to expand on Robert Heinlein's ''Orphans of the Sky''.<ref name="budrys196608">{{Cite magazine |last=Budrys |first=Algis |author= |last2= |first2= |date=August 1966 |title=Galaxy Bookshelf |department= |url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v24n06_1966-08#page/n185/mode/2up |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction |pages=186–194 |type= }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{isfdb title|id=4239}} * {{OL work|id=16039347W|cname=''The Watch Below''}}
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