At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The artwork used for the cover is the original dust-jacket illustration by J. Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Title: At the Earths Core Language: en. Production notes: This ebook of At the Earth’s Core was published by Global Grey in 2018, and updated on the 14th April 2023. This book has 49,743 words, 83 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1922. At the Earth’s Core first appeared as a four-part serial in All-Story Weekly from April 4 to 25, 1914. Innes befriends a beautiful young woman named Dian, who is also a captive of the Mahars, and together they plan their escape. As they explore this bizarre new world, Innes and Perry are taken captive by the Mahars, a race of intelligent flying reptiles who rule over the humans with an iron fist. After a harrowing journey through miles of solid rock, they find themselves in a strange, underground world where prehistoric creatures still roam and humans live in primitive tribes. Innes and his companion, Abner Perry, use a giant drill to tunnel their way deep beneath the Earth's surface.

The story follows David Innes, a wealthy young man who embarks on a journey to explore the Earth's interior. It is the first in his series about the fictional hollow earth land of Pellucidar. Or read online.Īt the Earth's Core is a 1914 fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, first published in 1922. John illustrations.Home Ebooks Articles Buy Collections Donate F.A.Q About Contact Search ☰Īvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle (mobi and AZW3) ebook formats. Also included are a map of Pellucidar, a glossary of terms and names by Scott Tracy Griffin, a contemporary review, and the classic J. Benford and an afterword on the science of At the Earth’s Core by Phillip R. Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. When Abner Perry invents a vehicle that essentially drills through the earth, he takes it to his good friend (and independently wealthy man about town). This commemorative edition features an introduction by Gregory A. Their discovery of Pellucidar and the ensuing struggle to unite the human communities and overthrow the Mahars is a top-notch, thrilling tale of conquest, deceit, and wonder. David Innes and Abner Perry break through into this mysterious inner world.

Scattered throughout the savage, prehistoric wilderness are communities of distrustful humans and the cities of the reptilian, highly evolved Mahars. Here time stands still, for Pellucidar is illuminated by a miniature sun that never sets but hovers motionless in the sky. Pellucidar is a world within our world, a place where the horizon curves upward and merges with the sky. David Innes and Abner Perry build a giant mechanical prospector with which they hope to uncover vast mineral deposits far beneath the surface. Five hundred miles beneath the earth’s surface lies a fantastic, timeless world of eternal daylight, prehistoric beasts, and primeval peoples-Pellucidar. Adapted from the novel At the Earths Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs