Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, an, (Paperback)

from hadden

An interesting exploration into the world within the world. I have heard of Symmes' Hole and various other ideas, but it is nice to see them all described and collected into one book. There is also a nice accounting of movies and popular fiction that have extended the ideas in both good and bad e...

from jorgearanda

A very nice tour through the literature claiming our planet is hollow and habitable on the inside --from those that use the premise for fictional stories to the oddly endearing crackpots that claim we're actually living *in the inside*. Slow at times and too fast at others --in particular, the la...

from heina

This book is based on an excellent and interesting premise, the persistent and not-so-long-ago idea that the earth is hollow and there is a utopia/dystopia inside that mirrors our civilization, but the prose gets bogged down with tedious details and uninteresting reflections altogether too much t...

from JBD1

An overview of some of the many theories about the earth being hollow, from Edmond Halley to John Cleves Symmes through to some of the current silliness bandied about on the internet. But largely a look at the hollow earth as a theme in fiction, covering some of the very many novels which take th...

from JNSelko

A Crackerjack book about a crackpot idea, well researched and eminently readable.