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At the Earth's Core (Pellucidar #1)

by Edgar Rice Burroughs, James Allen St. John (Illustrator), Phillip R. Burger (Afterword)

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When the inventor Perry fires up his burrowing prospector, it runs out of control, plunging him with his young protege into the centre of the earth. There, instead of being destroyed by the molten lava they expect to find, they discover an inner world of bizarre savagery and unearthly beauty. Here mighty dinosaurs still roam alongside beasts never seen in the world above.

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Paperback, 309 pages

Published March 1st 2000 by UNP - Bison Books (first published 1914)

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Dec 28, 2008

Rafael rated it

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Fue un sentimiento absoluto de nostalgia el que me hizo comprar el libro. Cuando vi el título me sorprendí por un momento y luego recordé los días en que mi papá nos llevaba a comer al restaurante “La Opera “en las calles de Serapio Rendón, hace cincuenta años. Atravesando la calle, en una esquina, había una librería; en sus vitrinas se exhibían los libros. Creo recordar haber visto en esos aparadores una edición de las mil y una noches, que mi papá compró y nos leía.
Alguna tarde, despu...moreFue un sentimiento absoluto de nostalgia el que me hizo comprar el libro. Cuando vi el título me sorprendí por un momento y luego recordé los días en que mi papá nos llevaba a comer al restaurante “La Opera “en las calles de Serapio Rendón, hace cincuenta años. Atravesando la calle, en una esquina, había una librería; en sus vitrinas se exhibían los libros. Creo recordar haber visto en esos aparadores una edición de las mil y una noches, que mi papá compró y nos leía.
Alguna tarde, después de comer, cruzamos la calle y entramos a la librería. Mi papá nos ofreció comprarnos algún libro, mi hermano escogió: “Tarzán de los monos” y yo “Tarzán en el centro de la tierra”, ambos de Edgar Rice Burroughs. Para esas fechas los dos eramos ya expertos en las aventuras de Tarzán, gracias a las matinées del cine “Cosmos” y a las actuaciones de Johnny Weissmuller, pero ver en las páginas de los libros, la historia del avión en el que vuelan los papás de Tarzán y que se accidenta encima de la selva, era distinto. La imaginación se liberaba de las inevitables restricciones que le impone la “realidad cinematográfica” y los personajes cobraban vida en nuestras mentes.
Hasta antes de leer o releer en éstos días la historia, siempre pensé que ese era el primer libro que yo había leído completo, pero la verdad es que ya lo dudé; no recordaba nada del libro, salvo dos cosas: El título y que en el idioma de los gorilas del centro de la tierra, ¿te rindes? se dice: ¿Ka-goda?.
Yo leía el libro en el día, en los momentos que tenía libres y por las noches mi papá lo leía también. Había en el libro dos señaladores indicando donde íbamos cada uno. En el día yo me apresuraba a tratar de alcanzar la marca del separador paterno y por la noche éste se volvía a alejar del mío. Me acuerdo haber platicado con mi papá de la lucha de Tarzán con los gorilas subterráneos y de la impresión que me hacía la palabra ¿Ka-Goda?, ¿Te rindes? e imaginar a Tarzán vencido. Ese recuerdo único y el título de libro son los que perduraron casi medio siglo en mi memoria.
La historia que platica el libro, en realidad no es extraordinaria, literariamente hablando, es mas bien un poco inocente. Se inscribe en la tradición de una serie de relatos fantásticos acerca de supuestos mundos en el interior de la tierra. El relato de Burroughs sigue la idea de que hay en el polo norte un orificio que permite penetrar al interior de la tierra y que ahí existe un mundo semejante al nuestro, alumbrado por un sol interior sin movimiento, lo que impide la existencia del día y la noche y por ende un conteo del tiempo basado en días, meses y años.
Pellucidar, el mundo interior que nos describe Burroughs, es un mundo primitivo y salvaje donde conviven, con el hombre, animales de distintas eras geológicas: los grandes reptiles del secundario y los mamíferos enormes del terciario. Hay, en Pellucidar, diferentes tipos de seres humanos, los gorilas con lenguaje, sagoths; los gilaks, que son una especie de hombres de las cavernas, que habitan en el país de Zoram y los korsars, piratas que llegaron del mundo exterior, generaciones atrás. Existen ademas reptiles humanoides, los horibs, capaces de cabalgar en los gorobors, una especie de lagartos velocísimos.
Los horibs dominan cierta región de Pellucidar, la que esta cerca de la llanura de Gyor Cors. Los Korsars dominan otra, la ciudad de Korsar y tiene prisionero a David Innes científico que, llegado del mundo exterior, se convirtió en emperador de Pellucidar. Existen en la geografía de Pellucidar otras regiones como Clovi, Pheli y las cordilleras de los Thipdar.
Rescatar a David Innes de los Korsars es el motivo de la expedición al centro de la tierra, en la que participa Tarzán, cuya presencia en el grupo no queda muy bien justificada en la obra. Un buen día se planta en medio de la Jungla un Estadounidense, Jason Gridley, para pedirle a Tarzán que lo acompañe al centro de la tierra a rescatar a un explorador – David Innes- que ha sido hecho prisionero por unos piratas que viven en ese submundo.
Tarzán acepta, no se sabe bien por que, construyen en pocos meses un dirigible, el O-220 de 300 metros de longitud por 50 de diámetro, que funciona no por un aire menos denso que la atmósfera alimentado en el interior del globo, sino por hacer el vacío dentro de unos contenedores hechos de un metal “más liviano que el corcho y más resistente que el acero”, descubierto por una tribu lacustre de las montañas de Wirambazi y hecho del conocimiento de Tarzán por su amigo, el científico Erich Von Harben. .
En seis meses el grupo de exploradores consigue construir el O-220 para lo cual monta una mina de Harbernita, nombre que recibe el novedoso material a partir del nombre del científico. El libro no entra en los detalles ni de la explotación de la mina ni de la construcción del dirigible, limitándose a decir que merecerían un volumen por si solos.
Volando en el O-220 los expedicionarios llegan al polo, encuentran la entrada al mundo interior y descienden a Pellucidar.
En su primera salida exploratoria, Tarzán cae en una trampa puesta por los sagoths. Un grupo sale en su rescate y en el intento sus miembros están a punto de morir aplastados por una estampida de enormes animales que huyen de la manada de tigres dientes de sable, que los acorralan.
En su huida el grupo de rescatistas se dispersa y se pierden, pues los instrumentos de navegación terrestres, como la brújula, no funcionan en Pellucidar, además no hay noche y el sol no cambia de posición, con lo cual resulta mas difícil orientarse.
Gridley, que encabezaba el grupo de rescate y que después de la estampida queda separado de él, logra volver al dirigible y reinicia la búsqueda del hombre mono, sobrevolando el paisaje de Pellucidar en un avión que habían llevado en el dirigible. El avión es derribado en pleno vuelo por un monstruo volador y Gridley se salva al lanzarse en paracaídas.
A partir de ahí el libro va narrando en capítulos alternados las dificultades de Tarzán y de Gridley, quienes van enfrentando y solventando una serie de peligros sucesivos. Tarzán escapa de los gorilas y es raptado por un Thipdar, reptil volador, atacado por un oso, hecho prisionero de la tribu de Clovi, luego de los Horibs y de los Korsars.
Por su parte Gridley encuentra a Jana, “La flor roja de Zoram” cuando es atacada por los hombres de la región de Pheli que la persiguen para hacerla su mujer. El norteamericano mediante el uso de las armas de fuego, libera a la mujer de ese ataque y del de las bestias salvajes, Jaloks, que la amenazaban. Durante el camino que juntos realizan, ella para regresar a Zoram y él para buscar a sus compañeros, ella le va enseñando a él, el lenguaje de los Gilak.
En ésta historia de amor que va surgiendo entre un estadounidense sofisticado del siglo xx y una bella salvaje, que come carne cruda con las manos, encuentra Burroughs motivos de reflexión sobre el amor, la sencillez, la sofisticación, el orgullo, la coquetería, la hombría y la feminidad.
Gridley se siente atraído por la hermosa salvaje, pero no se permite el sentimiento que va naciendo en él, por considerarlo indigno de un hombre moderno. Jana al percibirlo se siente humillada y decide separarse de Gridley, quien la persigue a través de una orografía inhóspita en la que Jana se mueve con mucho mayor soltura. Una lluvia, como no existen en la tierra, inunda los cañones por los que avanzan y Gridley pierde el rastro de la mujer que persigue. Ella al creelo muerto lo llora, pero cuando, capítulos más tarde, lo reencuentra sigue muy ofendida con él, exigiéndole que se aleje de ella.
Tanto en las aventuras de Tarzán, como en las de Gridley van apareciendo otros personajes. Son importantes Tar-Gash, el gorila que ayuda a Tarzán a escapar de los sagoths, Thoar, el hermano de Jana, que es salvado de la muerte por Tarzán y luego reencontrado por Gridley. Ovan, el hijo del jefe de la tribu de los Clovi, que es salvado por Tarzán de morir devorado por un oso y que facilita después la fuga de Tarzán y Jana de la caverna de los Clovi. Lajo, el Korsar, que sobrevive al ataque de los Horibs y que junto con Gridley es hecho prisionero, por estos reptiles humanoides y Muviro, el jefe de los guerreros Waziris, que acompañan a Tarzán en ésta aventura.
Hacia los capítulos finales del libro, los relatos se van volviendo convergentes y los grupos dispersos de exploradores van a reencontrarse. Queda por resolver al final, la relación de Jana con Gridley, para lo cual resulta muy conveniente el que Von Horst, uno de los miembros de la expedición que salió al rescate de Tarzán, no aparezca. Ésto obliga a Gridley a permanecer en Pellucidar para buscarlo y a Jana la convence de acompañar a Gridley en su búsqueda.y no regresar a Zoram.
El libro es una novela de aventuras en un mundo fantástico, donde poco importa la verosimilitud de los hechos, lo que cuenta es que el autor mantiene el interés de los lectores con la descripción de paisajes y hechos extraordinarios y con las reflexiones que se permite hacer al comparar la vida salvaje de Pellucidar con nuestra civilización en la superficie de la tierra.
Una lectura agradable y sin pretensiones para los jóvenes y para uno que otro adulto nostálgico, que quiera recordar, por lo menos, cómo se dice: ¿te rindes? En el idioma de los sagoths. (less)

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Feb 17, 2009

Lizzy rated it

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Young David Innes' scientist friend, Abner Perry, has invented a wonderful new machine that he expects will revolutionize mining techniques. Dubbed "The Mole", it is capable of digging through the ground with incredible power. However, on the test run, something goes awry, and the digger carries Perry and David deep beneath the Earth's crust, where they expect to be vaporized by the intense heat of the molten core. Instead, when the machine finally stops, they find themselves in a stra...more

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Apr 13, 2011

David rated it

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Shelves: interior-world, science-fiction, dinosaurs

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Most people know Edgar Rice Burroughs for his Tarzan stories, but he wrote many other books besides Tarzan. At the Earth's Core is the first of his Pellucidar series, which takes place in a world hidden beneath the Earth's crust (kind of like Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth).
The story beginnings with David Innes, an heir to a miner's fortune, who goes with a friend, named Perry, in an invention of his called the Iron Mole. He plans to dig really deep into the Earth's crus...more

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Jan 07, 2011

Cory Howell rated it

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Recommends it for: Burroughs fans

Recommended to Cory by: My dad

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Jun 14, 2011

Marvin rated it

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Edgar Rice Burroughs could be called The God-father of cheesy fantasy adventure. He can boast of influencing many later fantasy writers from Robert E. Howard to even John Norman, but that is not exactly something you would want on your resume. I had a brief obsession with Tarzan when I was nine but, asides from that series, I've found Burroughs' pulp adventures to be trite and silly. At The Earth's Core is no exception. Except for a rather exciting beginning, in which our intrepid but boring her...more

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Aug 05, 2009

Dave rated it

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After starting his Barsoom and Tarzan series of adventures, Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1st, 1875 – March 19, 1950), wrote “At the Earth’s Core” which was published in 1914. This kicked off his Pellucidar series, which is based on the idea that the Earth is hollow and there are creatures from our prehistoric times still alive and active, as well as more than a few horrific creatures, both intelligent and non-intelligent. As with many of Burrough’s ideas, that of a hollow Earth would inspire...moreAfter starting his Barsoom and Tarzan series of adventures, Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1st, 1875 – March 19, 1950), wrote “At the Earth’s Core” which was published in 1914. This kicked off his Pellucidar series, which is based on the idea that the Earth is hollow and there are creatures from our prehistoric times still alive and active, as well as more than a few horrific creatures, both intelligent and non-intelligent. As with many of Burrough’s ideas, that of a hollow Earth would inspire many other writers to write stories on a similar theme.

There are many similarities between this and Burrough’s Barsoom series, and as such it is fairly predictable, but there are some differences as well. Once again there is an introduction which makes the case that this is a real story. Instead of an unexplained transportation to Mars, the journey to Pellucidar is done via an invention, a “subterranean prospector” which works far better and also far worse than intended. The hero, David Innes and his friend Perry who invented the “subterranean prospector” find themselves in a hostile world; they are captured and captured again finding themselves enslaved by the dominant species of the planet, the Mahars. The hero also finds a beautiful woman who he is destined to be with.

This novel isn’t nearly as good as the start to the Pellucidar series as “A Princess of Mars” was for the Barsoom series. There are some rather racist descriptions, and the language difficulties are overcome too easily, though one has to also give credit for the Mahars as a unique and horrible species, though there again they have an Achilles heel which is rather absurd. Another weakness is the flow of time, which sometimes results in contradictions in the plot. It is never quite clear just how Burrough’s saw this working, so while one can appreciate the attempt, the execution of the idea isn’t very well done.

As one has come to expect from Burrough’s, the adventure is entertaining, the characters are a bit two-dimensional, and the plot is fairly predictable. Thus, if one is looking for an entertaining mindless escape, this may work to fill that goal, but then again one would be better served by reading the Barsoom series which is much better done. There are crossovers between the Barsoom series and this one, as well as between the Tarzan series and this one, which makes it of interest as well.
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Dec 11, 2011

Williwaw Wilson rated it

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A swashbuckling breeze of a book! Imagine a hollow earth, inhabited by strange beasts and stone-age humanoids. The hollow space is lit by a perpetual sun which floats at its center. A small moon rotates synchronously with the earth, so that it casts a permanent shadow over one region of the land called Pellucidar.

Into this strange world crashes David Innes, with the help of Professor Perry and his mole-like vessel, the "Prospector." With their superior know-how, Innes...moreA swashbuckling breeze of a book! Imagine a hollow earth, inhabited by strange beasts and stone-age humanoids. The hollow space is lit by a perpetual sun which floats at its center. A small moon rotates synchronously with the earth, so that it casts a permanent shadow over one region of the land called Pellucidar.

Into this strange world crashes David Innes, with the help of Professor Perry and his mole-like vessel, the "Prospector." With their superior know-how, Innes and Perry are destined to rule this newly discovered world. But not until they break free of their bondage by the Mahars, a hideous lizard-like species which exercises dominion over Pellucidar.

I first read this book when I was a teenager. I remember being particularly struck by the intensity of the romance between Innes and Dian the Beautiful, a princess of Pellucidar.

Now that I have reached the half-century mark, Innes's and Dian's romance strikes me as so much less powerful: indeed, almost a let-down. It must be that my teenage incarnation was so thirsty for a romance of its own, that it focused inordinately on Burroughs's occasional love scenes. If anything, these scenes now strike me as somewhat sparse and understated.

What I notice now are the techniques that Burroughs uses over and over. For example, how frequently he plants our heroes into an impossible predicament. They are about to be cornered by some horrible beast. There seems to be no way out. Then in a sort of deus ex machina way, the beast is shot by a third party or devoured by another beast, which gives our heroes a second chance! This pattern is repeated again and again, and there is always some interceding providence to keep the story going.

But first, ERB must convince you that the situation is terminal: "There seemed nothing to do but stand supinely and await my end. **** And with these thoughts came a realization of how unimportant to the life and happiness of the world is the existence of any one of us. We may be snuffed out without an instant's warning, and for a brief day our friends speak of us with subdued voices. The following morning, while the first worm is busily engaged in testing the construction of our coffin, they are teeing up for the first hole to suffer more acute sorrow over a sliced ball than they did over our, to us, untimely demise." (Our existential hero's thoughts as he stands naked, with no place of refuge in sight, before a stalking labyrinthodon.)

Or how about the endless parade of weird, menacing species? ERB can easily use up a page or so describing each one in loving detail. In this book, the Mahars get most of the attention. They are four-legged lizards with wings and massive jaws full of sharp teeth. They have hypnotic powers, which they use to enslave humans. And they like to feast upon fair maidens, one limb at a time. Apparently, men don't taste nearly as good, so they serve instead as subjects for brutal experiments that usually involve vivisection.

Yes, ERB is good clean fun! And a prolific writer, indeed: author of the Tarzan series, the Barsoom series, the Carson of Venus series, and innumerable stand-alone books and stories. Most of his work is available for free online these days. Check out this site for access to the stories and lots of fabulous illustrations: tarzan.com (less)

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Dec 20, 2009

Marts (Thinker) rated it

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I enjoyed this Burrourghs title.

At the Earth's Core is all about an inventor Abner Perry and a young wealthy gentleman David Innis. Perry invents a vehicle referred to as the 'iron mole' which has drilling properties so powerful it can drill into the earth's core. Innis goes with Perry on a test run and ends up reaching earth's core which amazingly, is hollow. At the hollow core is a world called Pellucidar with stange beings like Mahars and Sagoths. They make aquaintances with Ghak...more

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Feb 19, 2010

Reed rated it

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This was the first book I ever read by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It started me on a love affair with the Fantasy book genre and captured my imagination as a young boy. While I have read many of his books, I will only review this one since it was my first. It's probably been over 30 years since I've read a Burroughs book but I can still recall the excitement I felt when reading these adventures. I loved everything about them. The creatures, warriors and women on the covers were fascinating for a youn...more

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Dec 08, 2009

Thomas rated it

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Shelves: hollow-earth, lostworlds, read-in-2009, science-fiction

After reading some John Carter and a couple Venus books, I found this pretty much more of the same from ERB. I always find his scientific inventions to be more interesting in concept (ie, on the back of the book) than when they're actually on the page, whereupon they start to sound kind of boneheaded. But then, pretty much all the science fiction from this era and before had that problem. And his action sequences would be thrilling, if there weren't so damn MANY of them. If you have not read a B...more

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Sep 29, 2009

Stephen Gallup rated it

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As I return in my dotage to reread some of the Burroughs tales that so captivated me many years ago, I continue to find them enjoyable. I do feel the need to acknowledge that this is pure escapism. There are points, at least in this book, where the prose is almost laughable, and generally speaking much of it could have been burnished to provide a more enjoyable reading experience. But none of that negates the sheer delight of Burroughs' imagination, and the impressive whole societies and worlds ...more

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Jan 02, 2012

Richard Zwicker rated it

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To review a novel such as this, you need to figure out how much slack to cut it for it having been written in 1914. I confess this is the first Burroughs novel I've read, and I'll read a few more. But I never felt the main character was in any danger, despite the fact (or maybe because)it was as if he was on a merry-go-round of goofy monsters. The characters, of course, are cartoonish. But if this is the kind of mindless trip you feel like going on, it's OK. Not a threat to Jules Verne.

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Jan 20, 2010

Sam Bright rated it

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This book was part of a clue in a crossword puzzle - it sounded interesting, so I read it online. Pretty quick read - by the author of Tarzan. Kind of a zany story about discovering a savage cave-man/dinosaur world ruled by evil lizard-men at the center of the earth. It was pretty fierce... yeah, fierce is a good way to describe it. I enjoyed the awkward romancing of a cavewoman (Dian the Beautiful); I didn't enjoy the savage brutaliy of the lizard-men.

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Jul 23, 2011

Chris rated it

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A dreamy yet sometimes nightmarish excursion into the world beneath our world: Pelucidar! With ugly cavemen, beautiful cavewomen, armies of ape-men, a wide variety of dinosaurs, man eating reptile birds that rule the underworld, and giant mechanical mole machines, Burroughs packs a lot of oomph and pizzazz into this science romance. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series which also includes a Tarzan story!

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Aug 16, 2011

Warnie B. rated it

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3.5 stars, but you know what? I'm bumping it up just for the end. So yeah, this book is pretty ridiculous. Two guys build an "iron mole" in which they can burrow through the Earth's crust for mining, only when they start burrowing, they find they can't turn the thing like they thought they could and now omg, they're going to the center of the Earth!!! And there are dinosaurs there! And flying telepathic lizard men! And gorilla men! And a hot babe! And adventures! Yeah, there's some stu...more

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Jul 08, 2008

St-Michel rated it

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Started this last night and finished this last night. What an incredible book. This is the first book I've ever read by Burroughs and it sure as heck makes me want to read more. His writing style is very reminiscent of Verne, though without all the technical and mathematic inserts that Vern usually utilizes (though I am a big fan of that, don't get me wrong, that's one of the reasons I love his books).

Burroughs's has just pulled off the amazing with this, creating a larger world i...more

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Oct 13, 2010

Vince rated it

A great read! Pure unapologetic escapist fantasy! Burroughs, to me, was the premier pulp writer; not just in Sci-fi but in other genre's as well. Just re-read his John Carter of Mars series. Forget Tarzan! The Mars books were some of his best. "Pellucidar", the followup to "At The Earth's Core" was an excellent sequel.

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Feb 15, 2010

SheaN rated it

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A ridiculous adventure story that left me really wanting to get to the sequel as soon as possible. I mean the main character falls in love with a cave-woman at the center of the earth (that somehow has its own stationary sun...) and has to leave to bring back guns to the primitive people! Fucking crazy.

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Jan 04, 2009

Jerry Neal rated it

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When you need fantasy and another world this is very good stuff. Movies have been made from this author's book (and his series) but they do not come close.Within the last 35 years or so I have read and reread the "Inner Earth" series many times. An excellent read.

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Jan 17, 2012

Cherie rated it

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Like all things Tarzan, I loved the Pellucidar series. I read as many as I could find in my Middle School and High School Library. Looks like they are back in print again. The language is probably pretty quaint for the kids of today, but the stories are great.

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May 31, 2010

Nathan Langford rated it

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Why is it that it generally seems his first books in the series are so much better than that rest in the series, and that after the Mars and Tarzan series, the seem so much like a 'formula'. Oh wait, they are a basic formula. Just a guilty pleasure.

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Dec 31, 2008

Tim rated it

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A very nice adventure story. As with all adventure stories there are copious amounts of luck and a few unlikely scenarios, but Burroughs certainly has a good imagination and has put together an interesting world.

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Jan 27, 2009

Andre rated it

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Do I really need to say why? LOL! For Silent Sustained Reading I'd forgotten my book so I got on to Project Gutenberg <http://www.gutenberg.org/> and dailed up some ERB for giggles.

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Jul 11, 2011

Hal rated it

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I thought I'd have to take a lactase pill. The only thing cheesier than this book is the 1976 movie version. (It's on netflix watch instantly.)

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Jul 28, 2009

仔, 我决定爱你一萬年 rated it

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cerita seorang anggota Royal Geology Society tentang pertemuannya di padang pasir Sahara dengan seseorang bernama David Inles yang mengaku telah menjelajahi perut bumi.
David Inles menceritakan kehidupan di dalam perut bumi, sebuah dunia yang mirip dengan bumi, hanya saja di masa yang berbeda, masa-masa prasejarah. Dimana manusia [purba yang digambarkan juga banyak rasnya, ada yang masih berekor seperti onye', ada yang sudah berupa manusia biasa:] bukan ras yang berkuasa disana, tetap...more

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Mar 08, 2011

Nicholas Hansen rated it

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Travel to the center of the earth and fight dinosaurs and ice age animals. Could there be anything cooler?

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Sep 21, 2010

Stephen rated it

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Shelves: science-fantasy, easton-press, audiobook, pulpy, 1900-1929, lost-my-world

2.5 stars. Solidly between 2 stars (it's okay) and 3 stars (I like it), this classic pulp science fiction adventure is the first of the Pellucidar series about a hidden world (complete with a sun and a moon) located in the center of the Earth. I am a fan of Pulp SF and liked the idea behind the series and the general pace of the adventure. The only reason I didn't rate this higher was that I was not as fond of the main character as I have been of other pulp heroes (e.g., Eric John Stark by Leigh...more

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Feb 06, 2011

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This sounds kind of like Journey to the Center of the Earth. I should try this one, too...

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Dec 13, 2011

Darth Sparhawk rated it

Solid scifi adventure tale. I read it very quickly and liked it very much.

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Dec 28, 2011

Patrick rated it

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Good to read for learning the roots of science fiction.

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