false 32829 287 As irascible scholar Professor Lidenbrock pores over a rare Icelandic tome, he discovers a scrap of parchment with cryptic writing tucked away between the ancient pages. And when his nephew, Axel, finally breaks the writing's secret code, he learns of a hidden underground passageway that may lead deep into the center of the earth.<br><br>Despite Axel's misgivings, he and the obsessed Lidenbrock travel to Iceland and, with a guide named Hans, set out on a perilous expedition in the course of which the trio will encounter an extraordinary new world of extinct yet living species, an underground sea, and gigantic, battling monsters.<br><br>Filled with the authentic detail and startling immediacy Jules Verne labored to bring to <b>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</b> and <b>Around the World in Eighty Days</b>, <b>Journey to the Center of the Earth</b> is the fantastic adventure that secured Verne's reputation as the premier writer of speculative fiction. 1924715 1864 Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Classic) total:5886|5:1180|4:2034|3:2028|2:515|1:129| 5886 21279 8081 400 5 3 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 03 18:45:38 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 18:49:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Fri Mar 21 17:05:13 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 17 07:25:57 -0800 2008 1 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (for instance, in the version I read, the Professor's name was Hardwegg, not Lidenbrock!), and this no doubt produces...more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 19:48:06 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 11:47:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 11:00:38 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 11:52:56 -0700 2008
In picking this book up from the library I had fantastic preconceived images burned into my mind of what I might expect to read (prehestoric animals, humanoids, battles,...more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 05 12:36:34 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 13:33:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 18:39:39 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 18:47:31 -0700 2009 Journey to the Centre of the Earth was nothing like I expected. I have never read any Verne before, but I thought I was familiar with some of the basic ideas of the novel. However, this "popular" knowledge was largely erroneous, and the book turned out to be more academically int...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 25 10:43:50 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 11:34:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 19:06:08 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 19:08:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 23 15:11:18 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:18:09 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Mar 31 07:28:41 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 07:29:03 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jan 06 06:22:23 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 06:32:38 -0800 2009
With that being said, though, I was more than a little disappointed. I tho...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 04:16:19 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 04:17:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 16:07:41 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 16:28:41 -0700 2009
One of the criticisms I came across was that o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 23:49:44 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 23:49:44 -0800 2009
This book was published in 1864 and the forward thinking Jules Verne conceptualised a plot that continues to enthrall readers of all age even to this day. It is a perfect balance of science and fiction . The fictionalization has been in everyplace accounted...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:22:37 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 20:09:12 -0800 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth is in the point of view of Harry whos Uncle is Professor Hardwigg. They find a sheet of paper in abook and they uncode it to show a man named Arne Saknussemm had reached the center of the Earth. Arne was a alchemist in the 16th century who was aganist ever...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 09:16:37 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:25:00 -0700 2009
With that said, Journey to the Centre of the Earth isn't terribly good. I recognize that science fiction requires a ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 17:16:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:46:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jan 14 15:02:17 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 27 13:49:25 -0700 2009
this was really good. I only gave it three stars because it IS slow. :) Not a single movie based on it does it justice, though. While they add in more action, they leave out some things that could have been really cool- like primiti...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 19:16:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 19:29:27 -0800 2008
It is also often startling how much the explication of evolution would change things. For instance,...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed May 14 07:50:20 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 09:27:31 -0700 2008