Desert Hawk Books

 

At the Earth's Core

Edgar Rice Burroughs

 

296 pages
8 Illustrations
Map
5" x 7.25"
Paperback

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Five hundred miles beneath the earth's surface lies a fantastic, timeless world of eternal daylight, prehistoric beasts,  and primeval peoples - Pellucidar.  Pellucidar is a world within our world, a place where the horizon curves upward and merges with the sky.  Here time stands still, for Pellucidar is illuminated by a miniature sun that never sets but hovers motionless in the sky.  Scatted throughout the savage, prehistoric wilderness are communities of distrustful humans and the cities of the reptilian, highly evolved Mahars.  David Innes and Abner Perry break through into this mysterious inner world.  Their discovery of Pellucidar and the ensuing struggle to unite the human communities and over-throw the Mahars is a top-notch, thrilling tale of conquest, deceit, and wonder.

This commemorative edition features an introduction by Gregory A. Benford and an afterword on the science of At the Earth's Core by Phillip R. Burger.  Also included are a map of Pellucidar, a glossary of terms and names by Scott Tracy Griffin, a rare contemporary review, and the classic J. Allen St. John illustrations.  Gregory A. Benford is a celebrated science fiction writer and a professor physics at the University of California, Irvine.  His most recent novel is Cosm.  Phillip R. Burger is associate editor of The Burroughs Bulletin.

Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) is the legendary author of dozens of novels, including The Land That Time Forgot and Under the Moons of Mars.