Today I finished At the Earths Core (1914) and Pellucidar (1915) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. These are the first two books in the Pellucidar series. Edgar Rice Burroughs rarely disappoints. I enjoyed both of these action-packed stories.
They tell of David Innes’ two journeys to the hollow interior of planet Earth, a world called Pellucidar. Once there, the hero is quickly fighting for survival in a stone age world where time seems to have no meaning. An interior sun lights the savage world and never moves from its place directly overhead. Night never comes and it is so difficult to measure the passage of time that humanity seems to be locked in the caveman era. With the help of his fellow American Perry, David overcomes monsters, dangerous natives and the fearsome reptilian masters of the world called the Mahar.
I bought cheap print-on-demand books. I will look for ways to replace these with nicer editions in the future. These books definitely deserve a permanent space on my book shelf. If you can track down copies of your own, I doubt you’ll be disappointed.
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