The Watch Below (Paperback)

from ShannaRedwind

This was a really odd story. If you are willing to suspend your belief (from a sky-hook) it is an interesting examination of how a group of people would develop a society in complete isolation and a difficult environment.

from kvrfan

(Remember that a 2-star Goodreads rating means, "It was OK.")At the heart of this book is a quite implausible premise: that group of humans could survive in the hold of sunken ship not merely for days, weeks, or years, but for six or seven generations! A reader certainly has to suspend disbelief....

from ScoLgo

Not your typical alien invasion story, this is a short but interesting read. I liked that White explored both human and alien viewpoints while developing characters in both story arcs. When it came to the human side of things, I had a rather tough time suspending disbelief. White did a decent job...

from ChrisRiesbeck

A few themes appear in almost all of James White's science fiction: a doctor as a central character, aliens biologically and interestingly different in some significant way from us, one or more life-threatening technical puzzles to solve, and a successful effort by individuals to find peace where...