The Deep's sexual fetish towards marine animals is likely based on Troy McClure, a character from The Simpsons. In the episode, " A Fish Called Selma", It's revealed that McClure's film career was killed after rumors spread about his "bizarre fish fetish", including an indecent act he did at the local aquarium. Like McClure, the Deep also has a fish aquarium in his bedroom.

He is working on a cure for the 'Gets. A plague that is sweeping and killing most of the country. You start not remembering little stuff, then the bigger stuff, then you just forget how your body functions and you croak. The Deep's rapport with marine animals even extends to sexual intimacy. For instance, bottlenose dolphin that Deep was attempting to return to the ocean was apparently requesting sexual favors. And while he was engaged in coitus with his wife, he was clearly focused on his pet octopus Timothy, suggesting that Timothy would perform masturbation on him with all his arms. This is further proven when he went to the Herogasm and is seen having coitus with an octopus, even though he was supposed to get information about Soldier Boy and again when he asked his wife to have a 3-way with an octopus.Booklist's starred review states that "Solomon’s beautiful novella weaves together a moving and evocative narrative that imagines a future created from the scars of the past. Highly recommended for those interested in sf or fantasy that draws upon the legacies of colonialism and racism to imagine different, exciting types of futures". [10] In a generally positive review, Book Reporter's review adds that The Deep is "a challenging read, unique in its telling and provocative in its themes. Solomon’s prose is powerful and delicate—a poetic and insightful examination of violence, racism, pain, memory and identity." [11] Awards [ edit ] What worked about The Troop was that it had characters you cared about. That seems like a pretty crucial aspect of a horror book because if you don't care about the characters, then no matter how horrible the things are that happen to them then, well, it isn't very horrifying IMHO. (Yes, there are exceptions to the rule where you aren't supposed to care about the characters. This isn't one of them.)

I made it through the whole year with nothing less than 2 stars, then in December I have had two 1 star books. Both were supposed to be horror, but both were just horrible. Through Yetu, the wajinru, and some of the book’s other characters, The Deep explores themes of legacy, trauma, individuality, community, and the importance of knowing where you come from. It successfully builds a world that feels real enough that you can ask yourself about these things alongside the characters, without feeling like you’re being spoon-fed anything.There's no denying that Cutter has the ability to write some creepy-ass stuff. There were multiple times in this where 'monster' type entities gave me the complete heebie-jeebies. One doctor resurfaces dead, his body a bloated, scarred, impossible horror show – with incomprehensible bloody writing on the wall of his high-pressure submarine. The other two scientists are unreachable via radio – but the last message from Clayton Nelson implores the surface world to find and bring his younger brother, Luke, down to the Trieste.

I've been a lifelong fan of horror and the older I get, it seems to me the harder it's getting to scare me and to get my hands on the good stuff. One positive thing about this sad development is that it's forced me to venture out into other genres and try new things and find new loves. My first love however -- my one true love -- will always remain horror. It's in my DNA (literally probably because my parents were huge fans of things going bump in the night). I was weaned on the stuff, and on the stuff I shall die. Having been abandoned by their Historian, the wajinru beneath the surface are slowly being driven mad by the burden of their people's traumatic memories. Their madness is creating a storm like the one that previously engulfed the surface world. Yetu must decide whether or not to return, saving both her people and the surface-dwellers like Oori, at the cost of retaking the burden of her people's memories.A riveting, seductively menacing tale of love, loss, and betrayal set amid the glamour of the Titanic…” – Library Journal (starred) a b "Gary K. Wolfe and Ian Mond Review The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes". Locus Online. 2020-02-11 . Retrieved 2020-11-06. The Deep remained faithful to Homelander, out of fear. Homelander tells him to kill Lamar Bishop, the VP nominee, and he regretfully does it.