The Incredible Tide

by Alexander Key

Book Overview

What do I call it?I ask myself I knew for sureanswer would never cure.Yet, I ask the sameWhat do I call it?I assure for sure the lines will alignto seek the preferablein the world of innumerable.Let... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664324703
• ISBN13: 9780664324704
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

amazing...

A shame so much of Key's books are out-of-print--he wrote some of the best environmental science fiction ever. A direct influence on Hayao Miyazaki. If you can't hunt down a physical copy of this one down, and don't want to spend a hundred bucks online, you can read it's entirety here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050218020028/http://www.powernet.net/~mbaring/earthlibrary.htm

Future Boy Conan vs. Incredible Tide

Alexander Key has much in common with Hiyao Miyazaki in that both like to produce stories involving young boys and girls with special powers and a rather environmental theme. Many may also recognize Escape to Witch Mountain and its sequel, which were made into movies by Disney and are a good example of Key's work. In both cases the movies ended up being a bit better than the books by today's standards. Reading Key's stories today, we may find them rather dated; they are very reminiscent of the 1950's. However the stories hold true and if you are fond of the movie versions than it can be quite enjoyable to read the original that started it all. One of Key's best works, which stands the test of time well is The Case of the Vanishing Boy, which I highly recommend. As for Future Boy Conan or Conan: Boy of the Future, it may well be one of the most cheerful post-apocalyptic stories every produced. It is one of Miyazaki's early works and the style of animation is dated, not to mention finding decent subtitles can be quite the chore, however the story speaks for itself well enough for subtitles to almost be a technicality. It's a terrific action/adventure story with Conan being completely invincible yet always displaying the characteristics one would value most in a true friend. Jimsy is great as his troublesome sidekick and their first meeting is a perfect example of primal boyness uninhibited by any social veneer. Lana is also very sweet and caring. Her spirit is indomitable and her faith in Conan touching. As with other Miyazaki works, even the minor characters are well developed and enjoyable. It lacks the subtlety and finesse of later works such as Spirited Away, but as others have said before, the story is memorable in many ways and the genius of both author and film director still shine through.

Please reprint

I searched for this book for 4 years. I've always been a great fan of the japanese cartoon named "Conan, futureboy" which was inspired by this book in 1978. In my opinion, this is one of the best sci-fi stories ever told, by far the best ever told by a cartoon. I'd really love to read the book, I expecxt it to be even greater.

Great plot

This book has also inspired a japanees cartoon of the 80s, named "Conan" or something like that; it represents apocalittic scenary of a devastated World after the third World War. I would really like to buy the book, so why don't you print it again?

An intriguing science fiction novel.

The Incredible Tide is a departure for Key, set in a traditional science fictional future, where technology (and smog) are worshipped. It's also an adventure story, and a coming of age tale, aimed a somewhat older readers than most of his books. A different sort of read, and quite absorbing.