Au Coeur de la Terre : At the Earth's Core, French edition (Paperback)

from ikeman100

It took me a long time to get back to Boroughs. I read all the Tarzan books as a teen but there are several others on my wish list. He's always available to be enjoyed so I know I'll get to them sometime. Needing a change in book styles I selected this classic. Wow, was it fun! I always forget wh...

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This novel, published in 1914, feels very Jules Verne-ish, albeit that the technology is updated a few decades from that author's Journey to the Centre of the Earth. While the science of a hollow Earth is obviously nonsensical, this is quite a gripping story and the environment in this strange, b...

from andyray

The first novel in ERB's Pellucidar series, we're introduced to the animals and various tribes of men who live in that underground world. It's very readable, but your suspension of disbelief is going to have to work on these propositions: that Pellucidar is upside down, yet has a gravity opposite...

from nx74defiant

My copy had pictures from the "new" movie - that Doug McClure classic version. Very fun tale familiar story.

from la2bkk

Burroughs' work was disappointingly simplistic on many levels. Perhaps I had unrealistic expectations based upon my belief that he wrote "science fiction;" this work makes clear he has no understanding of the scientific processes unlike great 19th century authors like H.G. Wells. Perhaps more sur...