AboutSue Kayton Expertise Engineer who has read thousands of science fiction books and short stories. Can recommend stories on specific subjects and comment on technical feasibility. Especially good at older out-of-print books and authors.
Question From 20, 30 years ago? A small group of people figure out how to survive for years in a sunken vessel. I remember they used a bicycle for generating electricity. Seems like "below" or "under" was in the title, but I can't find by searching those terms.
Whether or not you know, thanks for offering your time as an expert!
Answer you're probably thinking of a famous short story - Surface Tension by James Blish. It was later expanded by adding more chapters. It was collected in a bunch of anthologies. The first on the list is easiest to find, and has many wonderful stories.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 1, ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday 1970
Year’s Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953, ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Fredrick Fell 1953
6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction, ed. Groff Conklin, Dell 1954
Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction, ed. Horace L. Gold, Crown 1954
Category Phoenix, ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, The Bodley Head 1955
A Science Fiction Reader, ed. Harry Harrison & Carol Pugner, Scribner’s 1973
Bug-Eyed Monsters, ed. Anthony Cheetham, Panther 1974
The Great Science Fiction Series, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Harper & Row 1980
