Pellucidar - Softcover

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486428699 ISBN 13: 9780486428697

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2003

Synopsis

Traveling 500 miles through the Earth's crust in their “iron mole,” David Innes and Professor Perry make the astonishing discovery that the earth' center is hollow and the site of an amazing interior world — Pellucidar! It is at a Stone Age level of development, dominated by chilling reptilian monsters with a high degree of intelligence who communicate through extrasensory means. Evolution is proceeding along different lines in Pellucidar than it did on the Earth' surface, and humans are treated as inferior creatures. Danger and violence are the rule in this land of perpetual noon (the sun is always at the zenith), where time does not exist.
In this second novel of the Pellucidar trilogy (the others are At the Earth's Core and Tanar of Pellucidar), David Innes returns to Pellucidar to seek his lost love, the beautiful Princess Dian, and to fulfill his vow to lead humanity out of the darkness of slavery and subordination. During an epic journey across the strange lands of Pellucidar, Innes has many heart-pounding encounters with strange peoples and savage beasts, often barely escaping with his life.
This book is a prime example of why Burroughs' ritings have enjoyed enormous popularity for a century and are still favorites with young and old alike. Pellucidar is sure to appeal to any reader with a taste for gripping adventure in exotic locales.

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From the Publisher

This book is a standard print version using a minimum of 10 point type in a 6 by 9 inch size and library bound. As with all Quiet Vision print books, it use a high grade, acid free paper for long life.

About the Author

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1876–1950) is one of the most influential American authors of science fiction and adventure. His novels include Tarzan of the Apes and, available in Bison Frontiers of Imagination editions, The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core, Beyond Thirty, The Moon Maid, and Pirates of Venus. Jack McDevitt is a recipient of the Philip K. Dick Special Award and a recurrent Nebula award nominee. He is the author of such novels as Infinity Beach, Deepsix, and Chindi. Phillip R. Burger is a freelance writer, a consultant to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., and the former associate editor of The Burroughs Bulletin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486428699
• ISBN 13: 9780486428697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144