The Watertower

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (August 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

The Watertower (ISBN 1566562333) is a children's picture book by the author Gary Crew and illustrated by Steven Woolman in 1994.

It takes place in Preston Beach, Western Australia. The mysterious watertower is an egg-shaped tank that is leaking. No one knows how it was built, when, or its purpose. On Shooter's Hill it stood with iron-rusted legs and casting an immense shadow over the valley and Preston.

The novel follows the codes and conventions of the subgenre of science fiction - gothic science fiction. It involves a 'pleasing sort of terror' realted to gothic tradition but it also has references to technology corrupting life. This is represented through the illustrations of satellites on several pages.