Able Seamen in Fiction
- Tom Ayrton, fictional AB and quartermaster in Jules Verne novels
- Sailor Steve Costigan, a fictional AB created by Robert E. Howard
- Ben Jackson, fictional AB in sci-fi series Doctor Who
- James Jessop, AB and murder suspect in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire.
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Famous quotes containing the words seamen and/or fiction:
“Columbus’s doom-burdened caravels
Slant to the shore, and all their seamen land.”
—Sir John Collings Squire (1884–1958)
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)